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Kite power is one of my pet hopes. I keep hoping it will gain some significant traction. Looks like there may be a a test power installation going up in Scotlan
by flogic 9y ago
Kite power is one of my pet hopes. I keep hoping it will gain some significant traction. Looks like there may be a a test power installation going up in Scotland https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/kite-power-station-scotland-wind-turbine-plant-electricity-a7348576.html https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/kite-power-station...
- kbart 9y agoWhat happens to these kite power stations when there's no wind to keep them flying?
- isostatic 9y agoWhen the jet stream dies we have bigger problems than a small drop in electrical production.
- eosophos 9y agolike what else?
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoThe Makani ones that Google were funding are basically wing shaped drone planes on a tether, usually the rotors on the front of the wing turn in the wind to generate power but they use their rotors running backwards under power provided by the tether to land vertically back at the base when there's no wind.