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Airborne Wind Turbine Company Makani Power Bought by Google

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:06 +0000

Makani Power, the company who made an airborne wind turbine a few years ago, has been acquired by Google for an undisclosed sum. Google had already invested about $15 million in them and if they bought the idea it may mean there’s something worth following about Makani. The Makani Power team will now joing Google […]

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Makani Power's New Wind Turbine Producing Energy Cheaper Than Coal Plants

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:56:23 +0000

Makani Power, a company that innovates in the field of wind turbines, has recently received a grant from ARPA-E for developing their Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT), they call Makani M1. Unlike other wind turbines, this one is made of a wing equipped with three small propellers which spin endlessly around its ground anchor point.

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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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