The future is here, and China is taking the lead. A Chinese energy company has successfully tested a wind turbine that actually flies in the sky. Appearing like a giant blimp, it is designed to ...

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a 20,000 cubic-meter power-generating airship, floating 6,560 ft (2,000 meters) above the ground. Introducing the S2000 stratospheric airborne ...

Engineers in Yibin recently watched a large, silver helium-filled craft rise into the sky above the Southwest China landscape. This vehicle did not carry passengers or cargo like a traditional plane.

China has completed a test flight of what it says is the world’s first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system designed for urban deployment. The enormous S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind ...

A colossal, futuristic-looking structure launched at an altitude of 2,000 metres: the S2000 floating wind power generation system independently developed by Beijing Linyi Yunchuan Energy Technology Co ...

Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) systems represent a transformative approach to harvesting wind energy by utilising tethered wings or aircraft to capture the superior wind resources available at higher ...

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If you thought ground-based wind turbines were imposing, wait until you see what Chinese energy company Linyi Yunchuan has cooking. A video shared earlier today by Chinese journalist Li Zexin captured ...