Carlos Casanovas

Carlos (M. Sc. at MIT and Industrial Engineer from UPC) developed the X1 Wind concept while studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, 2012-2014). He has extensive experience as Dynamic Analysis Engineer in offshore wind, having worked on Adwen (Gamesa/Siemens) on their AD8-180 8MW offshore wind turbine (2016-17) as well as in Alstom Wind (2007-12), leading the drive train design of HALIADE 6 MW offshore turbine. He also worked at Bluewater (NL, 2014-15) where he created advanced simulation models for integrated tidal turbine-platform analysis as well as participating in the assembly, anchoring and installation of their Bluetec prototype.