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'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds
(interestingengineering.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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I'd be more interested about the cable that is going to bring all that power to the ground level. With traditional tech that would weigh a shit-ton. Light weight generator would be easy peasy compared to that.
Maybe there's energy intensive processes that they could do up there instead. Something like Haber Bosch. Then bring the products down.
City in the clouds
Will it be run by Billy Dee Williams?
Where they're keeping my crew.
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Or, even better (considering how data centers are getting increasingly power-hungry): cloud in the clouds!