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Halo Energy
Halo Energy, led by Vin Loccisano, commercializes shrouded wind turbines that mount on existing telecom towers, backed by 10+ years and $200M in R&D.
Halo Energy
Halo Energy is led by Co-Founder and CEO Vin Loccisano, an engineer, attorney, and pilot whose prior roles include managing a $1.1 billion annual research budget at Schlumberger and serving as Chief IP Counsel at Kleiner Perkins-backed Ogin Inc. The firm builds on Ogin's shrouded-turbine lineage, which was ultimately acquired by Vestas Wind Systems A/S in 2017, and draws technical guidance from Ogin co-founder Dr. Michael Werle. The firm deploys a compact, 12-foot-diameter shrouded wind turbine engineered to accelerate airflow for distributed generation. Halo's business case targets reductions in site and installation costs by avoiding dedicated tower construction and crane deployments. Asset-class coverage is concentrated in Energy Transition & Renewables, with a geographic focus on the United States. The technology's stated goals address both wind and solar levelized cost benchmarks, positioning it for microgrid, telecom-infrastructure, and distributed commercial applications. Headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with an additional presence in Somerville, the leadership team includes Chief Development Officer Charlie Karustis, who previously developed the first commercial shroud-turbine site at Ogin and later built a 500-megawatt greenfield wind pipeline at Third Planet Windpower. Technical advisors Dr. Daniel Gysling, with over 100 patents and a PhD from MIT, and John Kawola, CEO of BMF Precision, supplement the in-house engineering capability. Recent activity: As of May 2024, Halo maintained an active engineering-commercialization posture for its telecom-tower-mounted turbine (per Altss estimate). Halo Energy's structural differentiator is its reliance on existing tower infrastructure as turbine mounts. By shifting the capital-expenditure burden away from new tower erection and heavy-crane logistics, the firm's shroud design attempts to turn a passive telecom asset into a power-generating platform, a departure from the land-intensive, tower-dependent model that dominates distributed wind.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Wellesley
Corporate office
4 Edge Hill Road, Wellesley, MA 02481, United States
Additional offices
Somerville, MA
Principals
Vin Loccisano
Co-Founder & CEO
Charlie Karustis
Chief Development Officer
Dr. Michael Werle
Technical Advisor and Board Member
Dr. Daniel Gysling
Advisor
John Kawola
Advisor
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is Halo Energy's shroud technology, and how does it differ from conventional wind turbines?
Halo Energy uses a proprietary dual-cambered shroud that accelerates airflow through a compact 12-foot-diameter rotor. Unlike conventional turbines that require dedicated towers and heavy-lift cranes for installation, the shroud mounts directly onto existing communication towers, which the firm claims reduces site costs and produces the lowest levelized cost of electricity among both wind and solar options.
Who leads Halo Energy's technical and business operations?
Vin Loccisano, Co-Founder and CEO, directs engineering, product development, and manufacturing. Charlie Karustis serves as Chief Development Officer, managing new markets and customer relationships. Both previously worked at Ogin Inc., a pioneering shrouded-turbine startup funded by Kleiner Perkins, where Karustis developed the first commercial site for the technology.
What is Halo Energy's relationship to Ogin Inc. and Vestas?
Halo Energy's leadership and technical advisory board includes key figures from Ogin Inc., the Kleiner Perkins-backed clean-tech company that developed advanced shrouded wind-turbine technology and was sold to Vestas Wind Systems A/S in 2017. CEO Vin Loccisano served as Ogin's Chief IP Counsel, and Technical Advisor Dr. Michael Werle was an Ogin co-founder.
What is Halo Energy's target deployment model?
The firm targets distributed generation by retrofitting existing telecom tower assets. This model eliminates the large real-estate footprint and heavy-crane requirements of standard wind projects, targeting microgrid, tower-infrastructure, and commercial distributed-power applications primarily in the United States.
How much research underpins Halo Energy's turbine design?
The company states that its proprietary shroud design is backed by more than 10 years and $200 million in research and development, drawing on aero-elastic optimization work and over 60 patents contributed by Technical Advisor Dr. Michael Werle, a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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