High-Altitude Wind Machines Could Power New York City

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The very best ground-based wind sites have a wind power density of less than one kilowatt per meter squared of area swept. Up near the jet stream above New York, the wind power density can reach 16 kilowatts per meter squared. The air up there is a vast potential reservoir of energy, if its intermittence can be overcome.

Even better, the best high-altitude wind power resources match up with highly-populated areas including the American eastern seaboard and China