Energy Division

The wind industry is expanding rapidly; despite facing significant transportation obstacles for achieving its full potential.The expansion of the wind energy industry has contributed to transportation and logistics issues facing manufacturers and developers alike. Transporting wind turbine components from factory floor to project site is the primary challenge for wind industries to overcome.

The current trend in wind turbine design is to build ever-larger turbine units. The industry has demonstrated that building one larger turbine (7MW+) is more economical than building multiple smaller systems (2MW+) with an equivalent total power output.

However, the current transportation infrastructure (trucks, helicopters, ships, rail, etc.) are logistically limited in delivering even the existing components. The Aeros Energy Division was created to address this current logistic problem by creating a new transportation--the Aeroscraft.

Aeros has started the research and development of producing larger 10MW wind turbines, seeking to utilize the Aeroscraft for a more efficient transportation system. The Aeroscraft will be the only air cargo vehicle that can move oversized and heavy components like a sky crane, as well as deliver them to wind areas that are inaccessible today.

The Aeroscraft’s potential will limit the construction of roads and ports resulting in reduced transportation and logistics costs to industries as well as overall reduced costs to consumers of wind power. Its internal cargo compartment is capable of accommodating multiple blades over 300 feet long and can be customized to overcome the growing height, weight, width, and length limitations in wind turbine transportation.

The largest blades are currently over 200 feet long for a 5-MW wind turbine. In this situation, the Aeroscraft, with its vertical takeoff and landing capability, offers a solution for transporting blades from manufacturing site directly to point-of-need-destination.

The Aeroscraft can gain direct access to remote areas and eliminate such costly intermodal challenges, thus revolutionizing global logistics in the wind energy industry and providing clean energy for all communities worldwide.

Alongside its goal to advance the wind energy industry, Aeros plans to support the oil and gas industries, by providing much needed transport to ecologically sensitive areas.

The company is in discussions with interested international companies who have proposed several uses for the Aeroscraft: as cargo transports for heavy freight and construction equipment bound for crises and megaprojects worldwide; in low infrastructure areas and isolated environments; exploring and operating oil and gas sites without expending revenues or clearing pristine environments; and even air-deployed mobile hospitals, complete with operating rooms, emergency equipment and personnel headed to major international disaster areas.