The Godfather of Wind's New Floating Revolution

Earth's electricity needs could be met 11 times over if we filled our oceans with wind turbines. The problem is they're too expensive to build in deep water. Could floating technology change that? Presented by Sabic.

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[MayankKumar-getb]

These energy companies should hire experts from the comments section to boost their productivity

[tatradak]

"He or she will be my a profound statement...with engineers like this renewable energy will succeed.

[YoucaNShine]

salute to Mr. Henrik stiesdal sir, hats off you. love from india😊

[critiqueofthegothgf]

this is so awesome. im usually very wary of silver bullet esque solutions but this is so logical, efficient, and convenient, i am so for it. floating wind solves so many problems that comes with on-shore wind energy and just off shore wind in general. the ability to implement it in so many more places due to the irrelevancy of coastal depth is a game changer. really hope we see a floating wind boom in the next 2-3 years

[maretranquillity]

I would like to see some information on the logistics of getting the electrical power from all of these floating wind generators to the consumers. In the deep water will we run cables on the ocean floor or float them below the surface a few hundred feet down? I imagine that these problems have been studied and addressed but I am interested in seeing the solutions.

[IKEMENOsakaman]

I have a small wind powered light in my backyard. Didn't know that this guy made it!

[RussellFineArt]

Wonderful to see these bright minds designing and building energy of the future: wind and solar farms.

[PacoOtis]

From here in the States we say BRAVO and the best of luck!

[MyLifeOfficial]

This is a great piece of reporting by everyone involved 👏👏. MORE PLEASE!!!

[maxim]

Very inspiring, learnt a lot. Beuatifull system. Thank you Mr Stiesdal

[theogoldberg]

Archeological traces and antic soil underwater can help us learn so much. The past lightens the future to live our present better

[abcdefghi]

Next we can build multilevel floating wind farms to catch as much wind as possible.

[atariplayer]

Awesome to see these bright minds designing and building energy source of the future in Denmark, Norway and eventually for all the people across the globe!

[kiny]

What I would like to see coupled with this is Wave or Tidal power tapping into the energy on or under the surface (Although there are probably engineering problems that would come from adding another complex machine to an already complex machine. Who knows what could come of industrialization and mass production of these things it could become feasible), and underwater servers for computing. Tie this in with new and old industries on land and not only could you power the world with the energy, but you could build water desalination to end droughts. Coupling this with other mega projects and ideas you could also do things like generate water for Desert Greening in the Sahara or Australia, which would allow for not only more farms but more importantly forestry projects that would capture carbon and provide lumber for more climate friendly construction projects. Add green hydrogen production for fuel in vehicles or used in next generation cargo airships. Technology from this could even be used in off shore farms, freeing up land use. We just need the will to direct capital into these industries and a few people to take the long view.

[renewableinvesments]

Fascinating discussion on the evolution of wind turbines.

[muhammadjuanda]

at 02:17, the power equation he is trying to explain is Power=(1/2) Rho (V^3) (Pi R^2). What in the video is incorrect.

[youxkio]

Orsted is also doing great job in its international strategy and foreign investment.

[jofie]

I hope to see this technology hit home soon

[adrianaugustus]

Same challenges as with tidal power (this has been looked at for over 50 years, there's a reason its not done): (a) Stability and reliability of tethering in the event of very bad weather (b) power cables over such vast distances lose a lot of power, are impractical to implement and also prone to breakage in bad weather, and become very very expensive (lots or copper required). (c) Maintainabliity and repair when things inevitably break. If you want to save the planet, nuclear power is the way. Theres plenty of research on transmutation of waste to less radioactive isotopes. Yes I'm a physicist.

[stuartbedwell]

Trouble with wind power is that it runs out of "puff" - inconvenient. I've got a big wood shed. Cheers Stuart