Kites from Germany to Venezuala

February 22, 2008 at 11:05 am | In 1 | Leave a Comment

Skysails successfully completed their first shakedown cruise across the Atlantic.

Skysails voyage is a huge triumph for kite energy. Congratulations to their excellent team! Even on this maiden voyage they were able to reduce fuel consumption by 10-15%. This translates to over $1000 per day in savings. They hope to improve this performance with experience, and larger kites. Their computer controlled kite has an area of 160-square meters. This is ten times the size of the kites we plan to use with the current WindLift prototype.

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