Latvian company Aerones designed drones that can clean or de-ice wind turbines at fraction of traditional method’s costs

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Latvian company Aerones designed drones that can clean or de-ice wind turbines at fraction of traditional method's costs

April 5, 2018

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  • Wind Turbine Cleaning Drones – Latvian company Aerones built drone that can de-ice and clean wind turbines, providing safer and lower cost alternative to human workers
  • Drone Features – Has 36 propellers, can carry load of 100 kilograms, and sprays water up to 100 liters per minute
  • Pricing – Drone cleaning service costs $1,000, compared to $5,000 and up for traditional methods employing human cleaners
  • Interested Customers – Include companies in Texas, Spain, Turkey, and South America for wind turbine cleaning, as well as firms in Canada, Nordic, and Europe for de-icing
  • Other Uses – Drones can also put out fires, engage in search and rescue missions, and clean buildings

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Energy

Organization

Aerones

Source

Original Publication Date

March 26, 2018

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