Makani, part of Google's parent company Alphabet, is one of the companies working in the high-altitude wind space. Its huge prototype kite is tethered to the ground and guided in loops by flight ...

Makani generates wind power via turbines attached to kites or wings, and is not Google's first foray into renewable energy. Cash For Kites: Government Gives $10 Million to Green Pioneers ARPA-E is ...

GoogleX is ramping up recruiting at Makani, hinting that the ambitious project to create "energy kites" that generate cheap wind power is moving closer to reality. In the past few months ...

Google's parent company Alphabet is shutting down Makani, the company that pitched "energy kites" as an alternative to wind turbines, Makani CEO Fort Felker announced in a blog post Tuesday.

Makani Power's idea sought to address the limitations associated with ground-based wind turbines ... resembles a motor glider combined with a kite, which takes off and ascends vertically with ...