Kitegen received about 15 million euro in funding and it looks like they will have a 3 megawatt stem built in 2010. How large is a Kite Gen power plant? It depends of the configuration. A wind farm of ...

Looking at a wind turbine from first principles, it’s essentially a set of wings that generate lift in much the same way an airplane wing does. Putting the wings on a rotor and calling them “blades” ...

DIRKSLAND - Kitepower Testdag. KitePower team making a testrun in the patatofield. - FOTO GUUS SCHOONEWILLE If you had to read that headline twice, let me assure you: I had to read Kitepower’s website ...

A new kite carousel system has emerged from Italian engineers. The system can easily outperform an entire wind farm and could ...

An American scientist believes he can generate electricity equivalent to tens oo nuclear power station - with massive underwater kites. David Olinger of Worcester Polytechnic Institute has just been ...

Well I did’nt see this coming. Using lots of UA tech Google invests in yet more cutting edge stuff (ed) Google has acquired a US company that generates power using turbines mounted on tethered kites ...

A traditional childhood pastime could provide a breakthrough in renewable energy, after successful experiments in flying a giant kite at one of Europe's top research centres. Scientists from Delft ...

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...