Y'know that #solarpunk trope of floating wind turbines in the sky, tethered to the ground, and feeding power down to denizens below?
This is in China, serving 50KW at 500m, which is power for between 40 to 140 households.
The figure changes depending on which country you use. USA is around ~1KW per house, and in Europe it's closer to 300-400W on average).
I wonder what the economics are like for these. I you have seen numbers, do plz share.
chinadaily.com.cn/a/202410/12/…
China's self-developed airship harvests wind power at record height
China's domestically developed buoyant airborne turbine (BAT) reached a record height on Thursday in central China's Hubei Province, harnessing stronger, steadier winds from higher altitudes to generate power.www.chinadaily.com.cn
