Live In Norway, and flying the wind turbines will produce electricityMakani

The wind turbine will hover at an altitude of 305 meters

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Us energy company Makani, a part of the Alphabet, together with the oil and gas company Shell is going to build Norway’s first plant, with the flying wind turbines. It is stated in the blog Makani.

Hundreds of millions of people live on the coastline, where always a strong wind blows. While two thirds of the coastal waters are too deep to build wind turbines. The company has developed Makani flying wind turbines in the form of gliders, to use the full potential of wind energy.

The windmill on the rope with a wingspan of 25.9 meters are able to rise to a height of 305 meters. It has eight small generators with propellers with a diameter of 2.3 meters.

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Unlike conventional offshore wind turbines, such turbines do not require the construction of massive platforms, they are quite small buoy – gliders Makani 90% easier than traditional wind turbines of similar capacity. In addition, the company replaced”tons of steel with lightweight electronics and intelligent software”. Power prototype tested in 2017 , left 600 kilowatts. The company plans to increase it.

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