The Kite Wind Generator Project (acronyms: KiteGen and KWG) proposes a new concept for concentrating on a unique plant huge amounts of aeolic energy.
The Project allows to imagine wind machines whose dimensions are not conditioned by structural and dynamical limits.
The KiteGen can compete with conventional electric production systems, including nuclear, both in terms of single plant power production and produced energy cost.
The objective of the Project is to develop, implement and test a completely new concept for electric energy production.
The energy source for the project is the high altitude wind of the troposphere.
The method of channelling this source makes use of arrays of large tethered kites whose movements are controlled electronically, by highly sophisticated sensors and proprietary software.
The kites are anchored to a revolving structure on a vertical axis, analogous to a giant merry-go-round, which conveys the energy thus generated to the alternators and turbines of a classical power-plant, incorporated within the structure itself.
The present project is the object of six years of previous research and development and five European patents.
The work needed to demonstrate the validity of the hypothesis and construct the actual prototypes is articulated in phases for a length of five years.
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