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*Land can be used for alternative activities while Kitepower is deployed. During operation untrained people are not allowed in the flight zone.
The flight zone moves according to the direction of the wind, which means that if a farmer wants to use the land used by the AWES, he must consult the weather hour by hour, which is not feasible.
This kite, measuring 40 to 60 m², has a rated power of 30 kW, with a traction force of 2.5 T. Now let us imagine a 5 MW kite farm (5 MW would be a low value for a tower wind turbine farm): the total traction force would be more than 400 T. An unexpected gust of wind carries all of this (tethers and kites) away, which will drag for dozens of kilometers, destroying everything in its path. “Autonomous cars” would be toys in comparison.
We could try putting AWES farms in desert areas (like the one we see in the tests in China), but then we would have to add the electricity transmission cable over long distances, in case everything was running continuously.