Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Very cool, and definitely worth switching too where it makes sense.
But there is no mention of cost, so it probably won’t be cost competitive with regular wind for a while, which sucks.
But the silver lining is that this is among the first of this type of power generation, and it will only get better and more efficient as the tech is built upon.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They did mention 30% cost savings. (these claims are easy to exaggerate though) While already useful scale, the advantages would grow with higher scale and high volume automated production.