A wind energy kite the size of a small sail climbs to 1,150 feet above a bog in County Mayo on a single rope, and the shipping container anchoring it puts real electricity into the grid below

On Ireland’s Atlantic edge, something about the size of a small sail hangs in grey sky above a stretch of peat bog. It is not a balloon. It is not a drone and it is not a glider. It is a fabric wing tethered to the ground on a rope, and the rope is doing all ... Read more