Kites aren’t just for kids anymore. Just ask Makani Power, which is developing a smart energy kite that can generate up to 50 percent more electricity than a conventional wind turbine. The company has ...

People revel in the magic and joy of flying kites at Color the Wind kite festival in Clear Lake. Tens of thousands of people revel in the magic and joy of flying kites at the beloved Color the Wind ...

A kite designed to harness wind power makes its maiden voyage during a test by the German startup NTS GmbH. Wind power could work almost anywhere if people turned to high-flying kites rather than ...

KiteKRAFT is the new company out of Germany that has just completed successful testing of its flying wind turbine. It’s a real kite, although it can also be likened to a glider with “propellers” ...

On a recent day in August in a field near Munich, Germany, a group of engineers launched a kite-like electric plane into the air and watched for the first time as it flew in figure eights in the sky.

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 ...

The ideas to harness wind energy from a kite, or other highflying tethered wind energy collectors are pretty numerous, however most are economically unsustainable even though beautiful, spirit lifting ...

TWO RIVERS — Subpar weather conditions couldn't dampen the spirits of the thousands of people that showed up for day one of the 10th annual Kites Over Lake Michigan in Two Rivers. Fog and a lack of ...

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Kites aren’t just for kids anymore. Just ask Makani Power, which is developing a smart energy kite that can generate up to 50 percent more electricity than a conventional wind turbine. The company has ...