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- TwingTec’s high-flying wind turbine generates power in hard-to-reach places Fri, 4 Mar 16, 3:00amWind turbines mounted on tethered wings are a growing trend in renewable energy, in part due to their portability as well the ability to loft a group of the flying turbines to create a wind farm without eating up as much...
- Giant Energy-Generating Kites Could Serve as an Alternative to Wind Turbines Thu, 11 Jul 13, 3:30amIn the Netherlands, scientists from the aerospace engineering department of the Technology University in Delft are testing the ability of giant kites to harvest energy from high speed, high altitude winds that wind turbines...
- TwingTec’s Energy Harvesting Kite is a High-Flying Wind Power Generator Sat, 29 Jun 13, 12:17amKite flying may be the perfect leisurely summertime activity, but it could also help charge your devices as well. Swiss company TwingTec has developed an incredible energy harvesting kite that collects wind power while sailing...
- Google X Buys Airborne Wind Turbine Company Makani Power Sat, 25 May 13, 1:59amGoogle X, the tech giant's top secret experimental branch, recently announced that it will take over Makani Power, a startup that develops wind turbines that fly through the air like a kite, rather than being mounted on...
- Top Secret Google X Buys Airborne Wind Turbine Company Makani Power Sat, 25 May 13, 1:59amGoogle X, the tech giant's top secret experimental branch, recently announced that it will take over Makani Power, a startup that develops wind turbines that fly through the air like a kite, rather than being mounted on...
- KiteGen’s High Altitude System Generates Affordable Wind Energy With Kites Fri, 1 Jun 12, 1:26amKite power has long been discussed as the next step in the evolution of wind power, and KiteGen’s radical new kite power concept could be one of the cleanest and most efficient ways to address the world’s energy needs...
- Energy-Generating Kite Park Offers Extreme Green Parasailing Thu, 19 Aug 10, 3:30amColombian landscape architecture studio Paisajes Emergentes recently unveiled plans for an energy-generating kite farm on a public beach in Abu Dhabi. Tethered to flexible posts, 200 para-kites would use the innovative Windbelt...