The grid runs on Northwind
Real time balancing for renewable heavy power grids.
Seed round, October 2026
Europe wasted 7% of its wind power.
Not because nobody needed it. Because the grid could not move it in time.
Curtailment costs grid operators billions every year
€4.2B
lost to curtailment in the EU in 2025
Grid operator reports, EU, 2025
The loss roughly doubles by 2030 as more wind and solar connect.
Three shifts make this solvable now, not five years ago
Live data
Substations now stream readings every second instead of every hour.
Cheap compute
Forecasting a whole region takes minutes on commodity hardware.
New rules
Operators must now report and reduce curtailment, with penalties.
We see congestion before it hits.
Northwind predicts grid bottlenecks hours ahead and tells operators how to reroute.
Three steps from sensor data to saved megawatts
- Connect: read-only access to the operator's existing telemetry.
- Predict: a congestion forecast for every line, six hours ahead.
- Act: ranked reroute suggestions the control room can approve in one click.
Pilot grids cut curtailed energy by a third in six months
34%
less curtailed energy across 3 pilot grids
Illustrative pilot data
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A €12B yearly problem, and we start with one region
€12B
yearly curtailment cost by 2030
480
grid operators in Europe
3
pilots live, 5 more signed
Operators choose us because we act, not just report
Typical grid software
- Reports what already happened
- Months to integrate
- Charged per dashboard
Northwind
- Forecasts hours ahead
- Live within two weeks
- Charged per megawatt saved
We have built and run grid software before
AN
Anna Novak
CEO
Ten years in grid operations at a national operator.
JW
Jonas Weber
CTO
Built forecasting systems for a large energy trader.
ML
Mei Lin
Head of Product
Shipped control room tools used in four countries.
This round takes us from three pilots to twenty grids
Now
3 pilots live
Proven on three regional grids.
Q1 2027
First contract
Convert two pilots to paid.
Q3 2027
10 grids
Second country launched.
2028
20 grids
Series A ready.
Help us keep every megawatt on the grid
Raising €4M seed to scale from 3 to 20 grids
anna@northwind.example