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Norwegian glider/kite to genereate electricity.


David Ovenden
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2 hours ago, John Stainforth said:

It's the kinetic energy of the plane circulating that is being converted to electricity; I don't think a balloon could do that very effectively. Also the plane requires no expensive gas to remain airborne

It's the feasibility of it remaining airborne in all weathers and the extent of maintenance it would need that makes me wonder how practical it is. For sure it works. But how much time, money and man-hours would be needed to keep it aloft. I imagine it would need to have a "crew" available to get it up and down as needed and would the energy it might produce offset that investment?

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