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China lets fly world's largest kite in Inner Mongolia for electric power generation (www.bangkokpost.com)
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China has successfully deployed the world's largest power-generating kite, capable of harnessing the potential of energy-dense, high-altitude winds to provide cheaper power than traditional surface turbines

The 5,000 square-metre high-altitude wind power capture kite was unfurled at a test site at Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

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[–] ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

5 square kilometers. dayum. (I think that's big. it sounds big.)

During the tests, the 5,000 square-metre kite - about the size of 11 standard NBA basketball courts

Finally, we're not using American football fields

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

5000 square meter is not 5 square kilometer lol

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yep.

5000 m2 is more or less "the size of a football field" (50 x 100 m).

5 km2 is 5000 x 1000 m = 5 000 000 m2, "the size of a large farm field", not a practical size to get airborne with current technology.