electricity from kites Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:32:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Will High Altitude Kites Replace Wind Turbines? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/will-high-altitude-kites-replace-wind-turbines-20121120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/will-high-altitude-kites-replace-wind-turbines-20121120/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:32:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28363 Could stunt kites be the future of energy? Could high altitude kites replace the tried-and-true wind turbine? A Berlin-based wind energy developer is betting YES. NTS GmbH is attempting to harness the wind with high flying kites and convert the captured energy into electricity. NTS GmbH realized that while stunt kites are used for extreme […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/will-high-altitude-kites-replace-wind-turbines-20121120/feed/ 0 28363 Makani Power's Kite Generating 1MW of Electricity in High Altitude Winds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kite-generate-1mw-electricity-high-altitude-winds-20100601/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/kite-generate-1mw-electricity-high-altitude-winds-20100601/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:06:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7828 Makani Power, a CA-based company, wants to harvest high-altitude winds by using large-wing kites. The company says that high-altitude wind currents have the highest level of energy per square foot.

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