‘Wooden turbine towers are lighter, more modular and can be built taller than steel towers,’ said Lundman. Modvion received EU funding to advance the goal of high-altitude wind turbines with ...

Drawbacks include complaints from locals that wind turbines are ugly and noisy. The slowly rotating blades can also kill birds and bats, but not nearly as many as cars, power lines, and high-rise ...

The solar wind ebbs and flows, occasionally shooting high-powered solar flares into space. These can hit Earth with electromagnetic radiation, which can cause radio blackouts and knock out power ...

We might be seeing wind turbines in the skies instead ... helium and can rise to 1,000 to 2,000 feet to generate power from strong, high-altitude winds. Because the turbines can access these ...