Carter Wind Energy is a manufacturer of next generation wind turbine technology that is self-erecting and designed for utility, distributed, and micro-grid power generation applications in the most remote, extreme environment locations which may not be viable with conventional wind turbine technologies.

Wind energy is more commercially available than ever, but accounts for less than 5% of global energy production. The Challenge - In order for clean energy sources like wind to gain mass adoption, it must become as cheap and available as traditional fossil fuels.

Over time, wind turbine size and project scale have steadily grown. This approach for reducing cost of energy has limits, with rapidly decreasing benefits. The continued affordability of wind power is limited by existing wind turbine technologies with incremental improvements not being enough to make clean energy globally significant. It is time to rethink the traditional 3 blade wind turbine architecture.

Carter Wind Energy has a solution. The wind turbine technology Carter has developed is most significant in that it produces 4 times the energy per pound of equipment weight versus conventional wind turbine designs. The capital investment required to manufacture, transport, install, and maintain wind turbines, is a function of equipment weight. More energy with less equipment weight means a lower cost of energy.

Carter Wind Energy is selecting early adopting partners and customers, who are industry leaders, not satisfied with the status quo, who are interested in advancing the state of the art in the wind industry through support in the commercialization of a proven, significantly lower cost wind energy technology.

Investment in new promising technologies/products brings with it the hope of a future where wind power is cost competitive with conventional power generation without subsidy. After 25+ years, the wind industry must begin to demonstrate there is a future where the cost of energy from wind is competitive without subsidy.

Carter Wind Energy has 35 years of wind energy experience and is an industry leader and pioneer of the light-weight, two-blade wind turbine design. Carter built its first turbine in 1976 and then sold its first in 1979 to the US Department of Agriculture in Bushland, TX. This led to several hundred turbines being installed throughout the Great Plains and throughout the world. Our turbines were installed in the first commercial wind farm in San Gorgonio, Ca. (1982) and in Texas (1992). Having installed more than 800 turbines around the world, accumulating millions of operating hours, this technology has the proven potential to be a real game changer.

Carter Wind Energy, LLC (CWE) is a privately held company reorganized in 2001 by Jay Carter Jr. and Matt Carter.

Matt Carter is President and Chief Executive Officer of Carter Wind Energy and also an owner and actively involved in Carter Aviation Technologies, an innovative fourth generation rotorcraft technology, combining the best attributes of helicopters with fixed wing aircraft. Matt is an engineer, holding a BS in Mechanical Engineering with 18 years of business experience in the wind energy and aerospace industry. Matt’s entrepreneurial leadership experience is in areas of business development, wind project development, and technology licensing. Additional experience in wind turbine design, manufacturing, and wind project O&M.

Jay Carter, Jr. is Chief Technology Officer of Carter Wind Energy and Chairman of Carter Aviation Technologies. Jay is an engineer, holding a BS in Mechanical Engineering and is a proven and experienced engineer, manager, and entrepreneur with 44 years in the aviation and wind energy industries. Jay has received numerous industry awards including the American Wind Energy Associations “Wind Energy Person of the Year” and the American Helicopter Societies "Paul E. Haueter Award".

Our Values - With integrity and a passion for excellence, utilize our individual talents as part of a team to create impactful value for the greater good of humanity.

Our Vision - Establish Carter Wind Energy as the recognized technology leader for low cost wind energy and become the premier supplier of wind turbine technology to the global electric power generation market.

Our Mission - Carter Wind Energy will concept, design, engineer, develop, manufacture, market and sell wind energy products which allow Carter, its partners and customers to grow profitably.

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