energy from kites Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:24:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Dutch Scientists Explore The Use of Kites to Harness Wind Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-scientists-explore-the-use-of-kites-to-harness-wind-energy-20130715/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-scientists-explore-the-use-of-kites-to-harness-wind-energy-20130715/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:24:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39282 In their search for innovative technologies that can harness energy from renewable sources, a team of scientists from University of Delft, The Netherlands, has tested the use of kites as a substitute to conventional wind turbines. Roland Schmehl, an associate professor in computational fluid dynamics, and his research group, believe that wind as an energy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-scientists-explore-the-use-of-kites-to-harness-wind-energy-20130715/feed/ 0 39282 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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