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High altitude wind power harnessing not as efficient as previously though

By Damir Beciri
One Comment16 December 2011

rotary-wind-turbine-kiteThe high winds were thought to be a rich potential source of renewable energy, however, a study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, shows that the near absence of friction and absence of strong propulsion cause the jet streams that sweep the upper atmosphere to harness about 200 times… »