Airborne solar wind energy systems (ASWES)

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Aerostat for Solar Power Generation

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These two figures are extracted from the publication.

This could perhaps be an ASWES by modifying it, for example by implementing the second alternative version of the preprint (Preprint: Towards a gigantic Magnus balloon with motorized belts), sketch reproduced below:

Static lifter Magnus balloon with drop stitched discs for belts
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Aerostatic lift (hydrogen or helium rather than thermal solar which is insufficient to carry the wind turbines and solar films) combined with aerodynamic lift, and perhaps more scalability with external motorized belts.