The kites are still in the prototype phase and aren’t flown constantly right now as researchers continue to develop the technology. But Makani hopes the kites will one day fly 24/7 all year round.

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In operation, the kite makes large, graceful figure eights in the sky and powers a ground-based generator capable of an average output of 80 kilowatts — enough to supply electricity to about 60 ...

Each kite can produce enough electricity to power approximately 50 to 70 homes. But according to Minesto chief executive, Martin Edlund, larger-scale beasts will enter the fjord in 2022.

Dragon 12 is rated at 1.2 megawatts – Minesto has not released how much electricity it is providing to the roughly 55,000 inhabitants of the islands, but at the maximum rate it could cover the ...

The kites fly to heights of up to 450m in a figure-of-eight pattern, pulling a tether as they rise which turns a turbine that produces electricity.

The kites are still in the prototype phase and aren’t flown constantly right now as researchers continue to develop the technology. But Makani hopes the kites will one day fly 24/7 all year round.