Pulling Power from the Sky: The Story of Makani [Feature Film]

Name: Pulling Power from the Sky: The Story of Makani [Feature Film]
Description: A feature-length film by the Makani team chronicling their thirteen-year effort to build energy kites that harvest wind power, with footage from test sites in Hawaii, California and Norway. It shows the engineering, the team and the eventual shutdown.

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A feature-length film by the Makani team chronicling their thirteen-year effort to build energy kites that harvest wind power, with footage from test sites in Hawaii, California and Norway. It shows the engineering, the team and the eventual shutdown.

HN recommends it as a technically rich, beautifully made documentary on ambitious hardware engineering and failure.

10 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2025

Topics

Renewables, batteries & storage
Aviation & aerospace engineering
Startups & entrepreneurship

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