World’s First MW-Class S2000 Airborne Wind Turbine Just Powered the Grid in China - Yanko Design
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World’s first MW-class S2000 airborne wind turbine just powered the grid in China - Yanko Design
An object shaped like an inflatable airship was seen floating over Yibin, Sichuan Province in Southwest China earlier this month. Turns out, it wasn’t some unidentified object. In fact, it was an airborne wind turbine completing its maiden in-flight grid-connected power generation test. The airborne wind energy system comprises an airship platform and wind turbines
On January 5th, Beijing Linyi Yunchuan Energy Technology announced that it had tested in Sichuan, a mountainous province of China, the S2000. It is a wind turbine deployed on a captive balloon that flies at 2,000 meters in order to enjoy powerful and constant winds. A world first at 2,000 meters above sea level. After the S1500 unveiled last October, Linyi Yunchuan presented the S2000 SAWES (for Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System), a 60-me…
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