Kite Gen is a possible revolution in the methods to produce clean energy from wind, with the aim not only to compete with the current wind industry, but also with sources of fossil fuels.
Two Italian researchers, Massimo Ippolito (kite surfing enthusiast) and Mario Milanese (sailing enthusiast), in parallel with other Dutch groups and California, are tending to revolutionize the techniques of wind generation of electricity. so we read on the site www.kitegen.com :
The existing technology can barely scratch in just a few points in favor, the surface of the enormous reservoir of energy represented by the wind (see wind data ) . In fact, wind turbines can not go higher and reach the high altitude winds, are already close to their limit dimensional problems with the rotors exceed 100 feet above the ground, the structure that supports them becomes, with increasing height, exponentially heavier, unstable and expensive.
The situation is comparable to what happened with oil drilling, where only after finding the best solutions gradually it was possible away from the ground - down, in this case - failing to reach the deepest and most profitable stocks. To better see the untapped potential of today, consider that the forbidden zone on the fly over a nuclear power plant can easily get to contain 1 GW of wind power, equal to the power the plant itself.
To reach the high altitude winds and take advantage of the greater kinetic energy, the Kite Gen project from a radical change of perspective: no more heavy and static structures such as the current wind turbines, but instead of machinery light, dynamic and intelligent. In the air, to steal energy from the wind at a height of 800 / 1 000 meters, power kites, wings semi-efficient autopilot. On the ground, all the heavy machinery for power generation. To merge the two systems, composite cables that transmit traction and control at the same time the wind direction and angle.
The situation is comparable to what happened with oil drilling, where only after finding the best solutions gradually it was possible away from the ground - down, in this case - failing to reach the deepest and most profitable stocks. To better see the untapped potential of today, consider that the forbidden zone on the fly over a nuclear power plant can easily get to contain 1 GW of wind power, equal to the power the plant itself.
To reach the high altitude winds and take advantage of the greater kinetic energy, the Kite Gen project from a radical change of perspective: no more heavy and static structures such as the current wind turbines, but instead of machinery light, dynamic and intelligent. In the air, to steal energy from the wind at a height of 800 / 1 000 meters, power kites, wings semi-efficient autopilot. On the ground, all the heavy machinery for power generation. To merge the two systems, composite cables that transmit traction and control at the same time the wind direction and angle.
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