Kitegen received about 15 million euro in funding and it looks like they will have a 3 megawatt stem built in 2010. How large is a Kite Gen power plant? It depends of the configuration. A wind farm of ...

KiteGenVenture LLC announces the launch of the KiteGen Stem, a massive, 3 MW generator capable of providing affordable clean energy on a massive scale. Using large Power Kites, KiteGen’s generators ...

Despite offering numerous advantages over its rotating brethren, most notably the ability to reach the high-speed winds found at higher altitudes, kite-based energy systems are yet to really get off ...

The huge kite could provide electricity for remote outposts where traditional wind turbines are not practical. Researchers in Ireland are testing a giant kite that generates electricity by capturing ...

The Isle of Lewis is the largest of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, sitting in the North Atlantic off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. It is the first landfall after thousands of miles of ocean ...

Picture this: you’re looking out over the horizon and, instead of rows of massive turbines slowly turning, there are sails sweeping across the sky — quiet, elegant, almost like futuristic kites ...