SkySails at Zermatt Summit 2019

News Blog – Stephan Wrage (CEO of Skysails) with other participants at the Zermatt Summit.

During the Zermatt Summit, Stephan Wrage gave an interview to CNN Money.

SkySails CEO Stephan Wrage was invited as a speaker at the Zermatt Summit 2019. The 8th edition of the summit took place from September 12th to 14th in Zermatt / Switzerland. More than 150 business leaders from Europe and overseas discussed this year´s topic “Entrepreneurship to serve the common good“. In his presentation, Stephan Wrage gave an update on the progress of the development of the SkySails power system that he presented at the Zermatt Summit for the first time last year: “The progress made from 2018 to 2019 is impressive: We passed from a 50kW functional model to a 200kW real-size prototype. As a sustainable power solution, our airborne wind energy system can make a significant contribution to the challenge to fight global warming.”

During the Zermatt Summit, Stephan Wrage gave an interview to CNN Money.

Find the whole interview here:
https://www.cnnmoney.ch/shows /tech-talk/videos/ skysails-german-tech-start-waiting-yes-swiss

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