Radia is building the world’s largest aircraft – the WindRunner™ – to meet the world’s largest challenge: climate change.

Partnering with Radia represents a major opportunity for the aerospace industry. Find us in Hall 4, Stand 41060, at Farnborough International Airshow and see how you can participate in an onshore wind energy market estimated at up to $10 trillion by 2050.

Onshore wind energy will enable the world to reach its 2050 climate targets

For the world to meet its growing need for low-cost clean energy at industrial scale and achieve its decarbonization targets, onshore wind energy must be a significant, increasingly large part of the electricity generation mix – as much as 20-41% by 2050 according to BloombergNEF and the International Energy Agency (IEA).

But there is a challenge. The most efficient and cost-effective wind turbines have enormous blades – some longer than a football field. That makes them extremely difficult – if not impossible – to deliver and deploy, because bridges, tunnels, and road curves literally get in the way.

WindRunner: Overcoming barriers to onshore wind energy

Radia will meet this challenge and overcome these barriers by designing, building and operating WindRunner, the world’s largest aircraft. WindRunner will fly over these roadblocks.

WindRunner is designed for its mission – to transport the largest wind turbine blades available today and the even larger ones planned for the future, what the company calls GigaWind, directly to wind farm sites.

The result will be widespread availability of consistent, low-cost clean energy for the grid, the production of green molecules including green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and commercial power users such as hyperscalers and data centers.

WindRunner will help meet escalating demand for carbon-free electricity, drive growth in the wind energy market, which is estimated to be up to $10 trillion by 2050, create compelling business opportunities in renewables – including for Radia’s aerospace partners – and help the world meet its decarbonization goals.

Thanks to its cargo capacity and its short, semi-prepared runway capabilities, WindRunner will be able to deliver a significant number of the over 1 million new wind turbines needed to meet 2050 climate targets, triple the viable acreage for wind energy, and lower energy costs by up to 30 percent.

Aerial transportation of wind turbine blades will result in a net reduction in wind energy’s CO2e emissions compared to ground transportation. And WindRunner will be capable of operating on 100% SAF when it is available, further reducing its CO2e footprint.