China has successfully deployed the world's largest power-generating kite, capable of harnessing the potential of energy-dense, high-altitude winds to provide cheaper power than traditional surface turbines.

China has successfully deployed the world’s largest power-generating kite, capable of harnessing the potential of energy-dense, high-altitude winds to provide cheaper power than traditional surface turbines

The 5,000 square-metre high-altitude wind power capture kite was unfurled at a test site at Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

  • perestroika@slrpnk.net
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    17 hours ago

    What puzzles me: what is the risk of wind lull at high altitude? I know that winds are terrifically fast there (100 km/h would be considered a slow day at 10 km altitude) and slow down approaching the surface, but do lulls exist at all?