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Shell Will Test Energy-Generating Kites This Summer
- Power from kite would work more often than wind turbines
- Start-up received funding from Shell, Schlumberger, EON
Kite Power Systems (KPS)
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Power-generating kites backed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Schlumberger Ltd. and EON SE will start tests in the U.K. this summer, with the aim of developing a technology that could eventually replace offshore wind turbines.
Kite Power Systems, known as KPS, is working on a 17-meter device that flies on air currents high above the ground and generates power by pulling at a cable. It raised 5 million pounds ($6.4 million) from the three energy giants last December.