Makani Power » News http://www.makanipower.com Airborne Wind Energy Wed, 09 May 2012 20:57:58 +0000 en hourly 1 NX Review http://www.makanipower.com/2012/04/nx-review/ http://www.makanipower.com/2012/04/nx-review/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 05:22:37 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=2529 At Makani Power we do all of our mechanical design using a CAD/CAM program developed by Siemens called NX. We were introduced to NX through our friends at Natel Energy and its use has allowed us to streamline our design process.… Read more

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Damon Vander Lind, our Chief Engineer, spends his days carefully analyzing the details of the Makani system. Here, he addresses two fundamental questions: why we have our generators on the wing and how the system operates through changes in wind.… Read more

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]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/newpan/feed/ 0 Powering the Dream http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/powering-the-dream/ http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/powering-the-dream/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:17:15 +0000 admin http://optiona.makanipower.com/?p=1660 The Makani book club read Powering the Dream by Alexis Madrigal this quarter. The book put the renewable energy field into historical context and gave us a fascinating look at older technologies, highlighting lessons from the past for modern-day renewable innovators.… Read more

]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2011/12/powering-the-dream/feed/ 0 Makani wins Breakthrough Innovation Award http://www.makanipower.com/2011/10/news-makani-wins-breakthrough-innovation-award/ http://www.makanipower.com/2011/10/news-makani-wins-breakthrough-innovation-award/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:28:36 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=1144 Makani Power is proud to announce that we are the recipient of Popular Mechanic’s 2011 Breakthrough Innovator Award in the Energy Category, an honor that will culminate with a reception at the Hearst Tower in New York City on Monday, October 10.… Read more

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]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2011/02/update-w7-coming-together/feed/ 0 Makani Power Awarded $3m ARPA-E Grant http://www.makanipower.com/2010/09/news-makani-power-awarded-3m-arpa-e-grant/ http://www.makanipower.com/2010/09/news-makani-power-awarded-3m-arpa-e-grant/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:55:06 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=580 Alameda, CA (September 13, 2010) –  Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA- E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Makani Power, Inc. $3 million to continue development of an airborne wind turbine.… Read more]]> http://www.makanipower.com/2010/09/news-makani-power-awarded-3m-arpa-e-grant/feed/ 0 Talk: Airborne Wind Energy Conference http://www.makanipower.com/2010/07/talk-airborne-wind-energy-conference/ http://www.makanipower.com/2010/07/talk-airborne-wind-energy-conference/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:44:15 +0000 andrea http://www.makanipower.com/?p=528

Makani Power will be represented at the 2010 Airborne Wind Energy Conference at Stanford University September 28-29 by Corwin Hardham and Damon Vander Lind, who will be speaking. The speaker list is shaping up and early bird registration is still open – by July 31st for 30% off, by August 31st for 15% off.… Read more

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