Need power? Go fly a kite

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/08/25/google-kites-could-be-power-source-of-the-future-2/

It’s a research project sponsored by Google.

The idea is that, while tethered to a ground station, it flies using eight electric motors, kinda like a big drone, up into strong wind and starts gliding. Then the eight motors convert to generators that pass electricity back to the ground via a powerful electrical tether.

The goal is to produce enough energy to power 300 homes per kite. But what goes up must come down. “Sometimes they’re practicing docking maneuvers which I think is probably the trickiest part,†says Bangert.

They call it a kite. Testing in Alameda.

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