18/12/2016 av Richard
Royal Dutch Shell, which makes Shell Tellus S2 M 32, has partnered with Schlumberger and Eon to buy into a brand new kind of wind power that is based on the use of high-flying kites, which are able to harness energy.
The oil giant and its partner companies will each invest a stake in the Kite Power Systems as competition in the UK for leadership of the new technology hots up.
Kite Power Systems är ett av många företag över hela världen som arbetar med teknik för att fånga vindkraft med hjälp av luftburna drakar som förblir bundna till marken. Förkämpar för denna metod tror att den kan sänka energikostnaderna avsevärt genom att avskaffa dyra torn och blad som används vid generering av konventionell vindkraft.
Speaking about the investment, Shell Technology Ventures’ managing director Geert van de Wouw said kite power could be a “game changer” in renewable energy. He explained:
"Traditionell vindkraft är mindre effektiv eftersom den kräver mycket stålinfrastruktur, varav bara spetsen av bladet verkligen utnyttjar energi."
The £5m invested in the company by Shell Technology Ventures (the venture capital wing of the company) and its fellow investors is a fairly modest sum, but it serves to highlight the increasing desire of conventional energy companies to get started with green technology. One of Shell’s partners in the venture, Eon, is one of the biggest electricity generators in Europe, while Schlumberger is the world’s largest oilfield services group by market capitalisation.
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