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Numerous companies in the airborne wind turbine market, Makani, Joby: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-beginners-guide-to-the-airborne-wind-turbin
by starpilot 7y ago
Numerous companies in the airborne wind turbine market, Makani, Joby: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-beginners-guide-to-the-airborne-wind-turbine-market https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-beginners-gui...
Numerous proposals, including from Lockheed, for balloon satellites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon#Geostationary_balloon_satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon#Geostati...
These aren't just "because we can" frivolous projects, these approaches have serious advantages over others, such that many are racing to commercialize it.
- jacquesm 7y agoI'll bet that plenty of these exist as copycat clubs that would have never been funded if Google had not funded Makani. At least some of them seem to sidestep some of the most obvious problems.