Technical and economical assessment on tethered wind-energy systems (TWES)

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5139279

Furuya, O; Maekawa, S

The objective of the work reported was to establish the potential of tethered wind energy systems for energy conversion in the upper atmosphere. Of the concepts investigated, the Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) lift generation concept had the highest potential as compared to balloon, wind and hybrid concepts.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 5139279
• Report Number(s): SERI/TR-09172-2; ON: DE82017120
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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