Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThe one you posted is not for scaling either. I just dont see how this maintenance overhead could ever scale for mass use.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I don’t know what you mean by mass use. It’s pretty clear that these approaches are meant to add to existing solutions or provide off-grid energy at remote locations.
If you can bring a standard 30 foot container there, you can consider such a kite installation, if other requirements are met.
I don’t see, you can’t use multiple installations at different locations aka scale it.
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Basically every other option will almost always be better, no? I guess we’ll see as someone actually brings some of these to the market but my guess would be that this is not going to go anywhere.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I can see those kites being used at remote locations, islands, remote villages, etc.
Add some battery to it and you have a quite reliable source of electric energy.
What option would be better in these cases in your opinion?
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I live in remote locations as a digital nomad and this would never really work. The maintenance overhead of even normal ground wind turbines is too much for remote areas. Solar and battery storage is really unbeatable.
Some new generation wind turbines can be decent ive heard but there are also small novel solutions like mini water turbines can be surprisingly useful.