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KiteGen Plans to Harvest High-Altitude Wind Power More Efficiently

Mike Sandru — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:17:16 +0000

A new power generating technology has recently given the phrase “go higher” a new meaning. The KiteGen technology has literally taken the wind turbines to new heights never dreamed before, way more than 100 metres. The reason? The upper they go, the more chance they have of capturing stronger winds and increasing their efficiency (although […]

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High-Altitude Winds Some 200 Times Weaker Than Previously Thought

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:47:54 +0000

High-altitude winds have been thought by some to be the ultimate energy source that will drive our needs in the future. However, recent calculations that researchers from the Max Planck Institute performed, reveal that these high winds contain some 200 times less energy than some people thought, and cited elementary physics in favor of that. […]

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NASA Researcher Seeking Ideas For High-Altitude Wind Power Development

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:36:59 +0000

A $100,000 federal government grant is going to pull some strings in the wind energy sector, according to Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA. He envisions harvesting power from high altitude winds, where the intensity is huge compared to the one on the ground, that current wind mills produce.

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Makani Power's Kite Generating 1MW of Electricity in High Altitude Winds

Mike Sandru — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:06:00 +0000

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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