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Honeywell’s Take on Wind Turbines and the Flying Donut From MIT
In a lab experiment designed to see whether the company could play a role in the emerging market for airborne wind, Honeywell engineers concocted a design for a flying wind turbine that is capable of generating 2 megawatts...
Will the Netherlands Rule High-Altitude Wind?
Palo Alto, Calif. -- The emergence of a new renewable energy industry often follows a familiar pattern.
First, technological breakthroughs occur. Second, various manufacturers begin to coalesce around standard designs and materials...
High Altitude Kites Take Wind Power to the Skies
Not far from where Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Rob Creighton and his partners at a start-up company called Windlift are testing a contraption designed to capture high-altitude wind energy and turn it into electricity for off-the-grid users...
Flying Energy Generators: maybe the next big thing
Because it has been documented that today's technology could replace all or most fossil fuel consumption with renewable sources[1], the most important focus for writing on technical solutions to the climate crisis is what can be done today...
Secretary Chu Awards $9.6 Million for Transformative Energy Research Projects
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the selection of six transformational energy research and development projects that could revolutionize the way the country uses, stores and produces energy." A $3 million award will be granted to Makani Power for furthering development of their Airborne Wind Turbine.
Makani Power Featured on Discovery Channel's Powering the Future
Startup Makani Power, an Alameda, Calif.-based wind energy company, will be featured on Discovery Channel's Powering the Future. This four-part television series focuses on the "world of energy in the not-too-distant future".
Airborne Wind Turbines Lift Off
Alt energy enthusiasts have talked about harnessing powerful winds from the troposphere since the 1970s, but technological limits made it seem like a distant dream. Well, it's 2010, and the future has arrived. Airborne wind turbine prototypes are finally taking flight...
Wind electricity cheaper and more reliable than coal from flying energy generators?
A technology that might provide clean electricity that is cheaper and more reliable than coal is ready for testing. Some of the world's leading scientists think it will work. So why aren't we spending a few million (not billion but million) dollars to find out?
Wind energy startups chase mile-high power
If you want to see the future of wind energy, look up. The higher you go, the stronger and steadier the wind becomes - and the more power you can reap from it. That's why Ottawa-based Magenn Power is building an airship to generate energy from high-altitude wind...
High Altitude Wind Power - A Review
The first international conference on High Altitude Wind Power happened last November in Chico, CA. That's a sign this new technology is being taken seriously by academics. Hence, the rest of us concerned about our energy needs should become acquainted with the topic. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the idea is simply that winds are stronger and more reliable as you get further from the earth's surface...
