EPISODE · Jul 9, 2024 · 40 MIN
Cutting offshore wind costs IKEA style - Sam Kanner, CEO Aikido
from The Switch - to a green economy
Cutting offshore wind costs IKEA style! That’s what Sam Kanner and his company Aikido have set out to do. 80% of the world's potential wind energy potential exists over deeper water, where the wind platforms need to be floating. There’s just one problem: building, assembling and installing large, commercial-scale floating wind farms is costly and takes a long time, up to 10 years. Aikido’s solution: a foldable, submersible technology that aims to build and assemble offshore wind farms twice as fast, just using a third of the space needed today. Almost like a flat pack from IKEA ... Watch this episode on YouTube or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to hear more. Did you know floating wind energy held such great potential? #WindPower #InnovativeTechnology #GreenInnovation #CleanEnergy
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