Kieron Jansch's first kite was a diamond-shaped stunt kite with a tail. His friend had bought it for him, and Jansch loved it, but also managed to run it repeatedly into the ground. At the time he was ...

A new kite-driven power station is being built near Stranraer in Scotland, and will be one of the first large-scale commercial power stations of its kind. Kite-driven power stations are a relatively ...

Discover how airborne wind energy systems (AWES), like innovative kites, could transform global energy by generating power ...

Despite offering numerous advantages over its rotating brethren, most notably the ability to reach the high-speed winds found at higher altitudes, kite-based energy systems are yet to really get off ...

The University of Delft has a program devoted to kite-based generation systems, with 20 years of research and development under their belt since Wubbo Ockels, the first Dutch astronaut, established it ...

Syracuse, N.Y.—Patrick Coyne of Westvale teaches kiting, but not the kind where you hold a roll of twine while a colorful diamond shape floats on the end of it. Coyne teaches power kiting, which ...

Wind turbines are great, and useful in so many ways, yet they are also very limited in a number of other ways. For one, wind speeds increase with altitude, and even the biggest struggle to get past ...

Geneva, Switzerland, is known for many things. It is the birthplace of the International Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions, and home to more than 270 nongovernmental organizations, and tens of ...

If we told you that a free-flying kite could provide enough energy to power your house, you might consider us crazy. How about all the homes on your block, or even an entire city? Scientists at Delft ...