Friday 31 March 2017

Offshore wind energy from kite power

Whilst fracking is on the up, up north:
Fracking in the UK: Opposed nationwide, overruled in Westminster | New Economics Foundation

... there are of course alternatives:
Futures Forum: Solar, wind, fracking: "We seem simultaneously to be mismanaging the exploitation of three key decentralised energy sources."

Wind power is often dismissed as 'ugly':
Futures Forum: "In praise of wind turbines": man-made landscapes

But it is actually proving more popular:
Futures Forum: Blown away: "Let's put the wind back in the sails of onshore wind"

And an alternative to the turbine is the kite:



Kite Power on the BBC1 "The One Show" - YouTube

The main player in the UK is KPS:
Kite Power Systems Wind Energy



Kite Power Solutions Ltd - YouTube
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