We've already heard about renewable energy systems that use aerial kites to generate electricity via the wind. Well, the Manta system is kind of similar, although it uses an underwater kite that ...

Sailing systems have been making a comeback in the past few years, and it looks like this is just the beginning. It sounds almost impossible to harness the power of wind in order to make modern-day ...

Seawing made headlines a few years back as the first and only automated kite sailing system in the world. Developed by the French startup Airseas, it proposed a unique mechanism for harnessing the ...

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...

German energy giant RWE has put a new airborne wind test facility in Ireland to work for the first time, as it explores alternative forms of green electricity. “Kitepower, as the name suggests, uses a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Why? This kite system harnesses the winds energy with a tethered wing that flies at high altitudes where the wind is both strong and more ...

After more than a decade of development, Minesto’s novel underwater “kite” technology kicked off commercial operation with a 100-kW project in the Faroe Islands. Despite some hiccups, the pioneering ...