“Let’s go fly a kite” used to be a cheerful refrain from the end of Disney’s Mary Poppins. As it turns out, it could be a crucially important idea in the drive toward efficient use of renewable energy ...

China successfully tests world's largest 53,820 sq ft power-generating kite turbine in Inner Mongolia, promising to power ...

We've already heard about renewable energy systems that use aerial kites to generate electricity via the wind. Well, the Manta system is kind of similar, although it uses an underwater kite that ...

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...

In order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which cause climate change, renewable energies such as solar power generation and wind power generation are being introduced around the world. Kitepower, ...

Despite offering numerous advantages over its rotating brethren, most notably the ability to reach the high-speed winds found at higher altitudes, kite-based energy systems are yet to really get off ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Royal Dutch Shell has teamed up with Eon and Schlumberger to invest in a new form of wind power that uses high ...

Geneva, Switzerland, is known for many things. It is the birthplace of the International Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions, and home to more than 270 nongovernmental organizations, and tens of ...

The United States recently passed an important landmark. In March, 10 percent of the nation's power came from renewable energy. Over the next few years, that number will only increase, but renewable ...

A new kite-driven power station is being built near Stranraer in Scotland, and will be one of the first large-scale commercial power stations of its kind. Kite-driven power stations are a relatively ...