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Kite Turbine

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'Team points' are awarded according to the adequacy of the solution with the type of innovations sought by Team for the Planet. They correspond to the analysis of several factors :

  • impact potential: impact average score > 4 => 0,5 point / if > 4,15 => 1 point.
  • global consistency: all average score of the 6 selection criteria > 2,5 => 1 point.
  • the favourite: % of assessments judge the innovation as a top one to act on a global scale against greenhouse gases > 20% => 1 point
  • the targeting: validation of Team for the Planet scope of action higher than 90% => 0,5 point + innovation level of maturity is enough => 0,5 point
  • social acceptability: semantic analysis score of comments > 0 => 0,5 point/ if > 3500 => 1 point
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Submitted for assessment : After checking that an innovation is within the scope of the 20 issues Team for the Planet targets and that it has reached a sufficient maturity, the innovation is being assessed.

portable lightweight wind power that can be deployed at scale

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Submission date February 14, 2022 Founders Roderick Read Development location Shetland, United Kingdom

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What is the issue addressed?

We need clean, cheap, safe, zero carbon energy, deployed at scale as soon as possible

How is the problem solved?

Kite Turbines are an easier way to scale kite power. They use multiple kite blades networked together. The optimally sized blades fly together as a turbine. The networked kite blades are safer, more efficient and easier to control and scale than older kite power designs

What is the customer target?

Remote villages and farms for the first product - a 50kW automated Kite Turbine. We will continue to research the offshore and scaling business models after releasing the 50kW product.

How is this solution different?

Multi kite networks are scalable and more efficient. The low mass blade networks do not suffer the performance losses associated with scaling single wing systems. Networks are safer to deploy. There is no need for a control surfaces in the blades used in a network auto-gyro turbine. Deployment has been achieved on a massively reduced budget with longer flight times and better efficiency.