Simultaneously, Radia is developing a portfolio of wind energy projects to leverage this solution. The company is partnering with the world’s largest energy and industrial companies to support their energy transition plans.
This unique combination of capabilities allows Radia to bring together the ecosystem of stakeholders and partners to enable GigaWind – the largest onshore wind turbines manufactured by Radia’s partners and deployed to more places.
“Gigawind combines the scale advantages of offshore wind with the simplicity of onshore yielding low cost and consistent renewable energy,” according to information on the company’s website.
Gigawind’s components are too large to transport by train or truck. The company is addressing this obstacle with a fleet of sustainable fueled aircraft called.WindRunner,
Radia says, “Our design philosophy for WindRunner focuses on existing technology and safety … using tried-and-true aviation materials, components and fabrication techniques that have FAA approval and are already in mass production.”
WindRunner has a cargo bay volume of 272,000 cubic feet, a wingspan of 261 feet and an overall length of 356 feet. Compared with a Boeing 747-400F, WindRunner is 127 feet longer, has a 20-foot longer wingspan and 12 times the payload volume.
Radia and its partners have already begun working on multiple green energy projects including 4GW in the U.S. alone.
Radia’s leadership team is a mission-driven and high-energy group of aerospace and energy experts with a cross section of skillsets who have left indelible marks in their fields.
Founder and CEO Mark Lundstrom is a serial cross-industry entrepreneur and MIT aerospace engineer who has co-founded companies to bring aerospace techniques, technologies and innovations to new sectors, including biotech, telecommunications and materials science. With Radia, he brings these technologies to bear on the low carbon energy transition and energy security.
“Siting is the focus of Radia’s development program. We work to choose optimal sites – with the right features and the right permitting. Thanks to WindRunner, these sites are now accessible and feasible for development. Our team finds and starts new projects in places that WindRunner has made viable for wind.
“Radia’s projects help wind farm developers build more profitable wind farms and expand their market to new locations and new regions. Because WindRunner can help them build in previously unreachable or economically unfeasible sites, they can achieve a higher rate of return, a lower cost of energy and the highest capacity factor. And because we are developers we can offer developers a chance to collaborate on early-stage development projects,” the company states.
