Pterofin is a renewable energy company developing innovative products based on the biomimicry of a bird's wing or fish's fin. Our current focus is on a customer who at the village level faces high costs and inefficiencies in pumping water from deep wells using existing electric pumps or outdated wind turbines.
Pterofin’s oscillating wings capture energy from light winds, even below 5 MPH, to generate electricity or pump water.
Birds and fish are extremely efficient at using energy to create motion in a surrounding fluid, so why not try to create energy by using that same motion within a moving fluid?
Our technology is useful in remote locations, especially rural and agricultural communities in emerging markets as demonstrated by multiple inquiries and order requests from a variety of nonprofit organizations in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Kenya. Pterofin Inc. as well as the inventor, Wallace Kempkey, have been featured in tech press and local media outlets such as GeekWire and KOMOnews.com