According to this article:
http://tinyurl.com/6n4ty
Delft Technical University is actually going to build one!
Quotes from article:
"Strong high altitude winds acting on the �kitewings� produce as upward force on one side of the loop and a downward force on the other, causing it to rotate.
The slowly-turning cable drives a power generator in the Laddermill base station. . . .
They claim one Laddermill could generate 100 megawatts of electricity, compared with only a few megawatts from a conventional wind turbine."
This is the scheme discussed here the other day, shown at:
http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2004/12/wind-power-laddermills-high-altitude.html
I don't get it. I cannot imagine any material used for the tether would be strong enough to turn a 100 MW generator. Even 1 MW seems out of the question.
- Jed
