Italy produces electricity with giant kites

KiteGen is an Italian-based energy technology company and their goal is to produce electricity using giant kites for high winds.

Producing electricity by giant kites

According to information from KiteGen's research team, the high amount of wind blowing is still untapped and they will solve this problem to generate electricity for all over the world, even where there are not enough sources. electricity like in Africa or some places in Asia. If it can be used, this resource will replace the energy sources that pollute the environment such as coal and natural gas, thereby reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide leading to warming. of the globe.

High winds are extremely abundant and far more powerful than wind near the ground that current wind turbines collect, the company said. KiteGen's technology transforms the convection wind's energy into electricity by using kites and energy conversion devices they call "generators".

Drawing the kite system inside the office.

Of course these kites are not the same as normal kites that people often take to the sea to drop. This special kite is made up of large wings that are connected to extremely sturdy polime and 1km long. These kites are controlled by a high-tech system that receives information from aviation electronic sensors mounted on kites, and uses this information to adjust the wing direction so as to maximize the amount of wind.

According to KiteGen, this energy source is always renewed, clean, cheaper than fossil energy and does not need giant machines like traditional wind turbines. A giant kiteGen kite weighs about 20 tons while wind turbines weigh up to 2000 tons. More importantly, KiteGen said their kites could produce three times more electricity than a wind turbine set at a height of 45 to 60 meters.

It is known that the company was founded in 2003 by engineer Massimo Ippolito and has been operating for over a decade. They said these products are ready to be produced on an industrial scale, although this giant is still considered a strange idea in the field of renewable energy production , more than they should have. The new license to ensure this giant does not affect airline operations.

KiteGen said the product was sold to the Arab Royal family and an unnamed Chinese company. Here are some test images, designs and production facilities of KiteGen taken in May 2015:

Kite is being lifted by a crane, preparing to fly.

An engineer in the group is working on the test flight.

Scene taken from above.

Eugenio Saraceno, technical director of KiteGen, is controlling the kite wing during the test flight.The software is the "heart" of the underground system, which functions to receive information from sensors mounted on the kite as well as adjust the cable length to control flight direction and make the most of the wind collected. OK.

Massimo Ippolito, the founder of this project, is examining the kite wing after the test flight.

The first model of KiteGen version is located in the middle of the room.

An engineer in the group is producing sensors for kites by hand.

Another engineer is mounting sensors into the kite wing.

Kite wings are placed in the workshop.

Massimo Ippolito is checking the parameters on the screen during the test flight.

This is a ground control system, including an internal cable winder and a "generator" that converts kinetic energy into electricity.

An engineer in the group is supporting the process of "flying" kites.

Two technicians are working with a part of the kite in the workshop.

An engineer in the group is supporting the process of "flying" kites.