What Silent Wind does

Silent Wind designs and manufactures ultra-quiet wind generators primarily for sailing vessels, motor homes, off-grid installations, and offshore buoys. The company's core product, the Silentwind PRO Wind Generator, is available in 12V, 24V, and 48V variants and is built around hand-laminated carbon fiber rotor blades and a proprietary Hybrid Boost MPPT charge controller intended to optimize energy harvesting. Supporting products include the Hybrid Boost MPPT charge controller sold as a standalone module and replacement Silentwind Power Blades, which together with the generator form an integrated hardware ecosystem. The company reports 30 years of industry experience and more than 10,000 generators deployed globally, and it is accompanied by an iOS mobile app for end users.

Silent Wind operates a direct-to-consumer go-to-market model, selling globally through its website with a quote-based pricing process rather than published list prices or transactional e-commerce. Marketing is primarily digital, using the company website, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, newsletter subscriptions, and video/multimedia content, with messaging centered on energy independence, quiet operation, and sustainability. The company is privately held, with no disclosed funding history, headcount, incorporation jurisdiction, or revenue figures in the available source material. Customer segments are use-case oriented rather than enterprise-anchored, with sailing vessels identified as the primary segment and RVs, off-grid systems, and offshore buoys as secondary segments. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, awards, or named partnerships are disclosed in the input data.

Name

Silent Wind

Legal name

Silent Wind

Website

https://silentwindgenerator.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Silent Wind designs and sells ultra-quiet, carbon-fiber-bladed wind generators in 12V, 24V, and 48V variants, primarily for sailing vessels and secondarily for motor homes, off-grid installations, and offshore buoys, via a direct-to-consumer, quote-based global sales model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Estêvão

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wind Generator Sales: Sale of Silentwind PRO wind generators in three voltage variants (12V, 24V, 48V) for sailboats and remote locations
2. Charge Controller Sales: Sale of Silentwind Hybrid Boost MPPT charge controllers
3. Replacement Parts: Sale of Silentwind Power Blades as replacement components

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Silent Wind designs, manufactures, and sells ultra-quiet wind generators, primarily the Silentwind PRO, for renewable energy production aboard sailing vessels, motor homes, off-grid installations, and offshore buoys. The product line is available in 12V, 24V, and 48V variants, complemented by a hybrid MPPT charge controller and replacement carbon fiber blades. The company has produced more than 10,000 units worldwide across 30 years of operation.

Product overview

Silent Wind offers a focused portfolio of renewable energy products for sailing vessels and off-grid applications. The core product is the Silentwind PRO Wind Generator, a standalone ultra-quiet wind turbine available in 12V, 24V, and 48V variants. This is complemented by the Silentwind Hybrid Boost MPPT Charge Controller, which optimizes energy capture and battery charging. Power Blades serve as replacement carbon fiber rotor blades for the wind generator. The company reports having produced over 10,000 wind generators deployed worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Silentwind PRO Wind Generator A high-performance, ultra-quiet wind generator equipped with carbon fiber blades and a hybrid regulator. Available in 12V, 24V, and 48V variants to suit different system nominal voltage requirements. Designed for renewable energy production on sailboats, motor homes, off-grid systems, and offshore buoys, delivering reliable clean energy even in moderate winds.
• Silentwind Hybrid Boost MPPT Charge Controller A hybrid Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) charge controller designed to work with the Silentwind PRO wind generator, optimizing energy capture and battery charging performance for renewable energy systems.
• Silentwind Power Blades Replacement carbon fiber rotor blades, hand laminated for high resistance and low noise emission. Sold as spare parts for the Silentwind wind generator.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Southwest Windpower (legacy brand): Historic small-wind brand (Whisper, Skystream lines) that targeted sailing, RV and residential off-grid users — directly overlapping with Silentwind's positioning.
• Bergey Windpower: Long-established US small wind turbine OEM serving residential and remote off-grid customers; competes for similar distributed-wind use cases as Silent Wind.
• Eclectic Energy (D400 turbine): UK-based niche small-wind OEM focused on marine and remote applications, including the D400 turbine widely used on sailing boats — a direct competitor to Silentwind PRO.
• Rutland Windchargers (Marlec): UK-based manufacturer of small wind turbines commonly specified for sailboats and remote off-grid sites; competes head-to-head with Silentwind in the marine energy-independence market.
• Primus Wind Power (Air-X / Air-Breeze): One of the most recognized small wind turbine OEMs for marine, RV and off-grid use, directly competing with the Silentwind PRO in the same voltage classes and customer segments.
• Aeolos Wind Energy: Supplier of small horizontal-axis wind turbines marketed to off-grid homes, boats, and remote installations; directly comparable product category to Silent Wind.

Broad incumbents

• Victron Energy: Large incumbent in off-grid and marine power systems (inverters, chargers, monitoring) that often integrates third-party small wind turbines like Silentwind, and competes indirectly for the same system budget.
• Mastervolt (Power Products brand): Established marine and mobile power electronics brand offering chargers, inverters and battery systems for sailing vessels; competes for the same boat-owner wallet share as Silent Wind.

Emerging players

• Nature Power / Xantrex small-wind products: Distributor/retailer of small wind and solar products for RVs and off-grid use; channels competing small turbines alongside solar kits, exerting pricing pressure on niche wind-only brands like Silent Wind.
• Sunseeker / EcoFlow portable power: Fast-growing portable power and solar brand targeting RVers, sailors and off-grid users with integrated solar + battery solutions, increasingly displacing dedicated small-wind purchases in the same customer base as Silent Wind.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/silentwindgenerator
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silentwind-generator
• Instagraminstagram.com/silentwind_generator?igsh=MXVyNzB5ZHIwcHcyZA==
• Xx.com/Silentwindgen

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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