Ground-Gen · Tropospheric Wind Energy
Replacing concrete and steel with tension and software.
The Carousel, at a glance.
Performance figures are design targets, to be confirmed by full-scale digital-twin validation (below).
The Carousel, in motion.
Anatomy of the Carousel
A "Ground-Gen" system: flying wings, tethers under tension, a grounded maglev generator, and predictive control — working as one machine.
Maglev ground ring
A circular rail up to 5 km across that rides on passive magnetic levitation for a frictionless bearing, while a built-in distributed generator turns the rotor's motion into gigawatt-scale power.
Dyneema® tethers
Each wing is connected to the maglev ring by two high-strength Dyneema® tethers, each carrying 150 kN of tension, transmitting wind power to the generator.
The kites
245 semi-rigid, highly efficient composite airfoils of 130–500 m² each fly a coordinated formation at 1–5 km, each tethered down to a single point on the ring.
Predictive control
The full-scale digital twin, repurposed from validation into live control, continuously optimises the motion of every wing — maximising torque while keeping each one inside its lane to within 10 m.
De-risking deployment with a full-scale digital twin.
To bypass the traditional, time-consuming demonstrator phase, the design is validated through a verifiable, dynamic full-scale digital twin.
- Stress-tests the system across all operational and environmental conditions.
- Models modular redundancy, predictive maintenance, and material performance.
- Becomes a permanent real-time control room once the plant is running.
The technical reference deck.
Covers the full engineering case — architecture, physics, economics, and validation.
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