Right, it’s fun to imagine tall towers in the middle of cities, but maybe that’s for a bit later.
I think in this topic I’d like to explore two things, what variables are important for the site, things like the various relevant regulations, state of the infrastructure, accessibility, distance to technical support, and so on.
And what are some things an AWES or electricity company can vary to make more sites available to it, like tower height and tether length perhaps.
I’ll do this from the perspective of an electricity company wanting to site their new wind turbines that have an LCOE an order of magnitude lower than the competition and can be placed even where winds are not optimal for conventional wind, somewhere in the UK, Germany, Canada, and the US.