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World’s first megawatt-level airborne 'windmill' feeds power to grid (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] swicano@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder how it compares in size to a traditional windmill of similar power, and how densely they hope to pack them (units per acre). I bet you can barely notice it 2 km away even though it's almost 200 feet long

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

2km are 1.2miles