Kite Power!

I have to admit, this has very little direct relevance to Ocean Rodeo but we are a kite company and I saw this on the internet late last night.

Apparently a company in Italy has made what they call KiteGen, a kite powered electrical generator that is capable of producing as much energy as a nuclear power plant!

Now, I know nobody here would laugh at such an idea but it does sound like this could become a reality shortly. KiteGen apparently convinced the Turin utility company AEM to foot 40% of the prototype expenses and to sign on as a partner in the project.

You don't need to convince me that there is a lot of power in the kites we use!