Harnessing High Altitude Wind Power

jakosc writes "The Economist has an interesting article about increasing the efficiency of wind-powered generators by turning them into flying wind farms. These tethered generators would harness high speed jet stream winds above 15,000 ft and in theory could give outputs of 40MW per generator (PDF). The developer's website has more details of some of the safety, technological, and economic issues."

Comments

how interesting

[sexybomber]

These tethered generators would harness high speed jet stream winds above 15,000 ft...

So, essentially, it's a glorified kite with a generator strapped to it?

Re:Who cares about the environment

[chtank]

Talking is not enough, take action. At least you can stop driving and running your AC, lights, computer, micorwave and TV. hehehe.