Since the article is so new, I have been unable to find any additional information. I will keep the list posted (so to speak).
Terry On 8/30/07, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a picture of the actual mill anywhere? I've seen concept > drawings of laddermills but never a photo, as far as I can recall. > > The Dutch version of the story (which I read, in highly scrambled form, > grace of Babelfish) seems to say they've also demo'd this in a concert > with Jan Ackerman in which his equipment was powered by electricity from > a kite (albeit the wind failed and they apparently had to run on > batteries during the concert, but the batteries had been charged by > another kite so it was still a legit demo -- at least I /think/ that's > what it said). > > So, Ockels is generating electricity alright -- but certainly not from > the piece of equipment in the picture, which is just a kite, no dynamo, > no pulleys, no nothing which would do the work. So I was just wondering > if there's a shot of the part that makes the juice anywhere. > > > Terry Blanton wrote: > > http://rense.com/general78/kinet.htm > > > > GRONINGEN, The Netherlands -- Dutch astronaut Dr Wubbo Ockels has > > successfully demonstrated his new energy concept in a field near the > > university city of Groningen today. He has flown a high-flying energy > > kite, creating kinetic energy from huge radio-controlled highflying > > kites. He has designed 'ladder-mills' to store the kinetic energy and > > convert it into electricity. > > > > Three such ladder-mills provide enough electricity to power the entire > > city of Groningen. The experiment was carried out along the northern > > coastline of The Netherlands where there's usually more than enough > > wind to raise the gigantic kites into.The radio- controlled, > > high-flying kites can create some 10,5kw electricity each, Dr Ockels > > told a local radio station. > > > > "At the moment we are the only developers who have managed to succeeed > > in this concept, although other groups are also testing it in Italy > > and Australia," he said. The kites can fly like aeroplanes, so you > > don't need energy to get it back down again. I want people to stop > > burning coal and gas for energy and start using these ladder-mills as > > alternative energy sources," he said. > > > > LINK to DUTCH NEWS REPORT: > > > > http://www.rtvnoord.nl:80/nieuws/index.asp?actie=totaalbericht&pid=68034 > > > > <end> > > > > > >
