"My calculations show that if we could just tap into 1 percent of the energy in high-altitude winds, it would be enough to power all civilization. The whole planet!" said atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/07/MNGNEPMD801.DTL
PowerKite
An idea that would change the World!
In our research we have found researcher, entrepreneurs and enthusiast with expert knowledge, technical insight and venture capital to spend on a project such as the one we suggest and therefore we are thrilled about presenting these results of the first "Danfoss Innovation Camp Initiative" - Group 5 Copenhagen: The "PowerKite: Energy for Humanity Project".
Today we stand in front of substantial challenges about reducing the critical global climate changes and finding alternatives to the Earths reducing resources. In 2030 we will be 8.002 mill. People on the Earth (www.udviklingstal.dk) and this put huge claim to the growing energy consumption that the modern lifestyles request. But the Earths oil, coal, tree etc. resources are limited - for how long will the contemporary fossil fuel maintain? And what about the pollution of our air, water etc.?
The best alternative is wind energy – it is clean because it dos not pollute went producing energy, there is a great deal of it and it is free.
Vestas produce windmills that contains large capacity of energy – one type of windmill (V90-3,0 MW) can save 5000 ton CO2 emissions and global warming pr. Year. And it accumulates what would respond at 13.000 barrel of oil.
For that reason it is important to focus on wind energy as a key resource in the future.
Some opponent might say that windmills have a relative high beginning cost, that it needs a supplement from another energy source when the wind is low and that it is non aesthetic.
So we have to think in new ways if we want to keep up the demand of wind energy. A solution could be fund in the jet streams. The jet stream is a “fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 11 kilometers (36,000 ft) above the surface of the Earth. … The wind speeds vary according to the temperature gradient, averaging 30 knots (55 km/h / 35 mph) in summer and 65 knots (120 km/h / 75 mph) in winter, although speeds of over 215 knots (400 km/h / 250 mph) are known. Technically, the wind speed has to be higher than 60 knots (69 mph / 111 km/h) to be called a jet stream”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream)
This signifies that if we set up a kite in the jets stream – where will be no need for a supplement because the kite would produce viable energy, it is not polluting and it will be so faraway (6 km) that there will be no aesthetic problems.
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FORM & TEKNIK:
• Drage
• Generator
• Kabler
• Forankrings platform
Opgaven er at teamet forklarer hvilke problemstillinger vi har løst og taget stilling til. Derudover er det vigtigt, at der laves en klar afgrænsning af hvor vores kompetencer slutter, og et udviklingshold fra. f.eks. Danfoss kan tage over. Vi foreslår at der tages udgangspunkt i at produktudvikling ikke er vores opgave, men vi vil gerne komme med anbefalinger til hvilke personer der kunne være vigtige medspillere i den fremtidige udvikling. Henvisning til andre modeller, KiteShip, lattermill og de andre 4 møller…?
In the group we believe that scalable technology is the future and as such there's not "One Kite to rule them All". Our discussions however has let us to suggest that the pilot project should be a "large-scale" kite, as it seems to us that the further research would benefit most from tests under extreme conditions such as the Jet Stream east of Iceland or in Canada.
Today Denmark is in the top when it comes to wind technology (Elsam, Elkraft, Vestas and Risø). We have a commercial standard industry in the course of a huge export. And on political side – international as well as on EU-level – wind energy is regard as economical and environmental benefits. Using the jet streams massive wind resource will deposit a lot of energy used for selling to other countries. But more important it will improve the global environment problems because of the clean supplying to the Earths recoil fossil resource and it is not polluting the air, the drinking water etc.
Our research on till now, indicate that carrying out PowerKite could be a reality because many scientists have don research at the same highs – hitherto no one has the solution. So it is only a question about time. What is needed to be accomplishing in nearest future is to find relevant investor and co-operative – and in addition to this we ask; do Danfoss want to go up high, and be in front when it comes to create revolutionizing solutions that will solve the Earths energy problems? Be associated with ‘green company’ that takes global as well as social responsibility? We do.
Indsæt afsnit om
Økonomi
Hvem skal investere? Energiselskaber, Vestas, Risø... Danmark, Danfoss?
Budget: brug af penge for at komme i gang – og til hvad?
Finansiel kalkule
Lave en finansiel analyse af hvor meget finansiering projektet kræver i forskellige stadier. Samtidig fokuseres der på hvilke økonomiske gevinster der på sigt er forbundet med projektet (for Danfoss og for verden og for os selv).
We would like to demonstrate the first prototype of PowerKite on the environment conference hosted in Denmark in 2009. But we know there is a lot of research, test, political and economical considerations and precautions to be don before carry out our idea. Therefore in 15-20 years from now, when we turn on our lamps, television, computer etc. the power will come from the sky – up high where PowerKite is fulfilling our dream about saving (changing) the World.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/07/MNGNEPMD801.DTL
PowerKite
An idea that would change the World!
In our research we have found researcher, entrepreneurs and enthusiast with expert knowledge, technical insight and venture capital to spend on a project such as the one we suggest and therefore we are thrilled about presenting these results of the first "Danfoss Innovation Camp Initiative" - Group 5 Copenhagen: The "PowerKite: Energy for Humanity Project".
Today we stand in front of substantial challenges about reducing the critical global climate changes and finding alternatives to the Earths reducing resources. In 2030 we will be 8.002 mill. People on the Earth (www.udviklingstal.dk) and this put huge claim to the growing energy consumption that the modern lifestyles request. But the Earths oil, coal, tree etc. resources are limited - for how long will the contemporary fossil fuel maintain? And what about the pollution of our air, water etc.?
The best alternative is wind energy – it is clean because it dos not pollute went producing energy, there is a great deal of it and it is free.
Vestas produce windmills that contains large capacity of energy – one type of windmill (V90-3,0 MW) can save 5000 ton CO2 emissions and global warming pr. Year. And it accumulates what would respond at 13.000 barrel of oil.
For that reason it is important to focus on wind energy as a key resource in the future.
Some opponent might say that windmills have a relative high beginning cost, that it needs a supplement from another energy source when the wind is low and that it is non aesthetic.
So we have to think in new ways if we want to keep up the demand of wind energy. A solution could be fund in the jet streams. The jet stream is a “fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 11 kilometers (36,000 ft) above the surface of the Earth. … The wind speeds vary according to the temperature gradient, averaging 30 knots (55 km/h / 35 mph) in summer and 65 knots (120 km/h / 75 mph) in winter, although speeds of over 215 knots (400 km/h / 250 mph) are known. Technically, the wind speed has to be higher than 60 knots (69 mph / 111 km/h) to be called a jet stream”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream)
This signifies that if we set up a kite in the jets stream – where will be no need for a supplement because the kite would produce viable energy, it is not polluting and it will be so faraway (6 km) that there will be no aesthetic problems.
indsæt afsnit om
FORM & TEKNIK:
• Drage
• Generator
• Kabler
• Forankrings platform
Opgaven er at teamet forklarer hvilke problemstillinger vi har løst og taget stilling til. Derudover er det vigtigt, at der laves en klar afgrænsning af hvor vores kompetencer slutter, og et udviklingshold fra. f.eks. Danfoss kan tage over. Vi foreslår at der tages udgangspunkt i at produktudvikling ikke er vores opgave, men vi vil gerne komme med anbefalinger til hvilke personer der kunne være vigtige medspillere i den fremtidige udvikling. Henvisning til andre modeller, KiteShip, lattermill og de andre 4 møller…?
In the group we believe that scalable technology is the future and as such there's not "One Kite to rule them All". Our discussions however has let us to suggest that the pilot project should be a "large-scale" kite, as it seems to us that the further research would benefit most from tests under extreme conditions such as the Jet Stream east of Iceland or in Canada.
Today Denmark is in the top when it comes to wind technology (Elsam, Elkraft, Vestas and Risø). We have a commercial standard industry in the course of a huge export. And on political side – international as well as on EU-level – wind energy is regard as economical and environmental benefits. Using the jet streams massive wind resource will deposit a lot of energy used for selling to other countries. But more important it will improve the global environment problems because of the clean supplying to the Earths recoil fossil resource and it is not polluting the air, the drinking water etc.
Our research on till now, indicate that carrying out PowerKite could be a reality because many scientists have don research at the same highs – hitherto no one has the solution. So it is only a question about time. What is needed to be accomplishing in nearest future is to find relevant investor and co-operative – and in addition to this we ask; do Danfoss want to go up high, and be in front when it comes to create revolutionizing solutions that will solve the Earths energy problems? Be associated with ‘green company’ that takes global as well as social responsibility? We do.
Indsæt afsnit om
Økonomi
Hvem skal investere? Energiselskaber, Vestas, Risø... Danmark, Danfoss?
Budget: brug af penge for at komme i gang – og til hvad?
Finansiel kalkule
Lave en finansiel analyse af hvor meget finansiering projektet kræver i forskellige stadier. Samtidig fokuseres der på hvilke økonomiske gevinster der på sigt er forbundet med projektet (for Danfoss og for verden og for os selv).
We would like to demonstrate the first prototype of PowerKite on the environment conference hosted in Denmark in 2009. But we know there is a lot of research, test, political and economical considerations and precautions to be don before carry out our idea. Therefore in 15-20 years from now, when we turn on our lamps, television, computer etc. the power will come from the sky – up high where PowerKite is fulfilling our dream about saving (changing) the World.
1 kommentar:
Da vi ikke ved så meget om teknikken vil jeg foreslå vi anvender teksten fra "Harnessing..." til dette afsnit.
Financieringsmulighederne kan også rumme EU initiativerne.
Dragens forankring kan foreløbig være hangarskibet Kitty Hawk, der også vil kunne anvendes som service "garage" og udviklingsværksted for projektet.
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