Airborne wind energy systems harness wind resources at altitudes beyond the reach of conventional wind turbines by employing tethered flying devices such as kites, gliders or autonomous aircraft. By ...

Chinese firm tests megawatt class airborne wind system feeding electricity to the grid Helium lifted S2000 airship reaches 2km and generates grid power Developers target urban and off grid wind energy ...

Generating renewable energy on Mars is technologically challenging. Firstly, because compared to Earth, key energy resources such as solar and wind are weak as a result of very low atmospheric ...

China has connected the world’s first megawatt-scale airborne wind turbine to the grid, even as the US government offers billions to cancel offshore wind projects. The S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind ...

Using drones to harvest wind energy could play a significant role in the UK’s net-zero mission. University of Bristol’s Lecturer in Flight Dynamics and Control Dr Duc H. Nguyen has landed a £375,000 ...

AiSails, a subsidiary of Wistron, has announced a strategic partnership with Germany's SkySails Power to deepen collaboration on kite-based airborne wind energy technology and integrate artificial ...

“The world’s first megawatt-class S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES) for urban use has successfully completed a test flight in Yibin, southwest China’s Sichuan Province,” The ...