Airborne wind power might challenge traditional base-load views

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raditional views of power as coming from one major centralized source, such as a coal fired power station, or maybe a nuclear generator, are no longer relevant.

With the corner the world has backed itself into an ever smaller corner, extra room, and time, can be found through using renewable energy.

The use of renewable energy demands a whole new mindset – it will provide the much cherished base-load, but to get there we need to embark, now, in creating a mosaic of power sources, including solar, wind, traditional hydro, salt power storage and even pumped hydro.

Among that mix might be an airborne wind project discussed on RenewEconomy - “Ampyx Power plans to build airborne wind energy project inAustralia”.

The story says, “Ampyx Power, the Dutch-based developers of a novel airborne wind energy technology, is looking to establish some of its first commercial scale projects in Australia.”