Name: Energia eólica de alta altitude com papagaios
Uploaded: 2009-03-23T01:00:00Z
Duration: 5 min 5 s
Description: Neste breve palestra, Saul Griffith revela a invenção em que a sua nova empresa Makani Power tem vindo a trabalhar: turbinas-papagaio gigantes que criam quantidades surpreendentes de energia limpa e renovável.

Neste breve palestra, Saul Griffith revela a invenção em que a sua nova empresa Makani Power tem vindo a trabalhar: turbinas-papagaio gigantes que criam quantidades surpreendentes de energia limpa e renovável.

Energia eólica de alta altitude com papagaios

Kites, once tools of flight pioneers and childhood play, are being reinvented as powerful generators of renewable energy. A single kite smaller than a piano can already power several homes, while larger airborne wind machines promise to reach stronger winds at high altitudes, where turbines cannot go. With high-altitude wind holding enough energy to supply humanity many times over, this playful technology could fuel a bold new era of clean power. History shows that audacious ideas, like mass-producing airplanes in World War II, can reshape our world when pursued with vision and teamwork.