Company Wants To Put Power Plants In the Sky

Zothecula writes "Harvesting power from the wind and the sun is nothing new. We've seen flying wind turbines and solar power plants that aim to provide clean renewable energy. UK-based New Wave Energy has a bolder idea in the works. The company plans to build the first high altitude aerial power plant, using networks of unmanned drones that can harvest energy from multiple sources and transmit it wirelessly to receiving stations on the ground."

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Re:Meh

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There's really no point in flying solar cells, they don't work any better than down on Earth

Actually, they do. Solar irradiance increases with altitude, at a rate of about 8% per 1000m.