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Audacious kite powered electricity generation

April 2nd, 2009

Thanks to whoever alerted me to this great, short TED video. The goal is to harness wind power at 1,000 – 15,000m in the troposhere (much above where wind turbines currently operate). Which reminds me, I must dig out the flexifoil now the evenings are brighter…

Saul Griffith: Inventing a super-kite to tap the energy of high-altitude wind

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