World's first megawatt-class urban-used high-altitude wind power system - the S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System ...

AMES, Iowa – Grant Schmitz, eyes inches from a 6.5-by-12-foot panel of ultra-high performance concrete, studied the smooth surface for tiny cracks. He and other research engineers carefully marked ...

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The world's first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system for urban use, the S2000 SAWES, has successfully completed a test flight in Yibin, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on January 5.