Hebridean engineer uses kite science to develop affordable and scalable wind power system

As countries move to reduce their carbon emissions, wind generators have become the most widely implemented renewable energy sources. However, wind turbines are expensive to set Read more

Need to charge your batteries when you’re off-grid? Go fly a kite!

 

Many of us dream of travelling into the wilderness, far from the reach of modern life, but the reality is that these days fully charged batteries Read more

It took ages for me to realise I was a kite turbine inventor.

No wonder mum said “Believe it when I see it..” It’s an amazing & odd thing I make in my loft. Explaining a structure without precedent Read more

Hope to have everything in place to launch a crowd funding campaign in December. I need you onside. Share, Like, Forward, hint, rumour, gossip, sing about, draw, photograph, video, build, cheer, feed me

This could be epic.

That’s the thing about developing with fabrics. We keep changing our look.

Do you like it? Drop us a line. rod.read@windswept-and-interesting.co.uk 

With the fantastic news that Oliver Tulloch is doing his PhD on Daisy Rotary Kite Turbines…

It’s only right that we make him a suitable RESEARCH CLASS model. This model will be available for any research institution to Read more

…Lots of updates

Well Daisy drivers have flattened out and efficiency went up.

There’s an Oliver Tulloch from Strathclyde Uni wants to do a PhD on rotary kite stacks. He has started with an excellent 8 week project analysing Read more

The latest set of instructions for creating a ring kite turbine are coming along rapidly.

 The Link    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0qQxFlXu7t-elE0UmFHT2lqYlU

Even better, the community is really coming together. Wevolver have taken me on board.

https://www.wevolver.com/wevolver.moderator/airborne-wind-energy/main/description/

Everyone can contribute Read more

I have submitted this chapter for inclusion in the Airborne Wind Energy book 2016.

It’s a slimmer stronger document. I always start off too flowery. It was hard for me to develop my rigidly formal side. The 1st version Read more

The 3 stack Daisy rig was tested again yesterday. It was launched as an attempt on the someawe.org 100w x100mins x100foot challenge.

This video shows the full test. Windswept and Interesting claims that the challenge has been successfully won.

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