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wind sails (kites) are the future

• Faaak 5y ago
  absolutely not. I'm sorry makani went under (there's an excellent documentary about them on YT), but when you compare their extreme complexity for a "simple" 600kW unit to newer wind turbines that are now reaching 10MW, you'll see why
  • usrusr 5y ago
    Skysails Power is shipping.
    • Faaak 5y ago
      Per their datasheet, the SKS PN-14 produces 80-200 kW. Now compare this to a modern Vestas V164 8000kW turbine. The latter seems way simpler engineering-wise to me
      • usrusr 5y ago
        You are comparing a 20 tonnes system to a 1300 tonnes system
        • cr1895 5y ago
          But then having a nominal capacity of 8000kW from the 20mt system, you’d need maybe 1200 tonnes of the 20mt systems. I’m not sure how that’s better or simpler. Sounds vastly more complex and expensive.