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China-High-altitude Wind Power/Kite
Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Nov 12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of flight test in progress
2. Various of power-generating kites being unfurled, engineer
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Cao Lun, kite-opening test chief director (ending with shot 4):
"We have completed the first deployment test of the world's largest [power-generation] kite and successfully finished data collection, providing a scientific basis for the design of the kite assembly, which will lay the foundation for deploying a complete set of equipment and for setting standards."
4. Various of data displayed on computer screen
5. Various of test site
6. Various of kites during test
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Huo Shaolei, senior technical expert, China Power Engineering Consulting Group Limited (ending with shot 7):
"We will conduct multi-kite flight tests and plan to launch power generation trials at the end of next year."
8. Various of kites being unfurled
9. Various of engineers working
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of kites during test
11. Various of power-generating kite factory, workers making kites
12. Various of technicians monitoring data, checking equipment
13. Various of wind farms
14. Lake
15. Various of transmission towers
The world's largest 5,000-sqm power-generating kite completed its first flight test on Wednesday in Alxa Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, marking a milestone in the country's development of high-altitude wind power, according to the kite's developer, China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited.
The kite achieved full in-air deployment and retraction during the testing.
The trial tested a land-based high-altitude wind power generation system that uses kites to capture wind energy, then pulls the generators on the ground to produce electricity.
High-altitude power generation technology enables capturing wind energy from altitudes above 300 meters and turning it into electricity using kites as its core equipment.
"We have completed the first deployment test of the world's largest [power-generation] kite and successfully finished data collection, providing a scientific basis for the design of the kite assembly, which will lay the foundation for deploying a complete set of equipment and for setting standards," said Cao Lun, chief director of the kite-opening test.
At high altitudes, the wind blows faster, stronger, and more consistently. High-altitude wind, as an uncharted territory in new energy, bears great potential for further development.
"We will conduct multi-kite flight tests and plan to launch power generation trials at the end of next year," said Huo Shaolei, senior technical expert at China Power Engineering Consulting Group Limited.
China-High-altitude Wind Power/Kite
Dateline : Nov 12, 2025/File
Location : China
Duration : 2'05
Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Nov 12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of flight test in progress
2. Various of power-generating kites being unfurled, engineer
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Cao Lun, kite-opening test chief director (ending with shot 4):
"We have completed the first deployment test of the world's largest [power-generation] kite and successfully finished data collection, providing a scientific basis for the design of the kite assembly, which will lay the foundation for deploying a complete set of equipment and for setting standards."
4. Various of data displayed on computer screen
5. Various of test site
6. Various of kites during test
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Huo Shaolei, senior technical expert, China Power Engineering Consulting Group Limited (ending with shot 7):
"We will conduct multi-kite flight tests and plan to launch power generation trials at the end of next year."
8. Various of kites being unfurled
9. Various of engineers working
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of kites during test
11. Various of power-generating kite factory, workers making kites
12. Various of technicians monitoring data, checking equipment
13. Various of wind farms
14. Lake
15. Various of transmission towers
The world's largest 5,000-sqm power-generating kite completed its first flight test on Wednesday in Alxa Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, marking a milestone in the country's development of high-altitude wind power, according to the kite's developer, China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited.
The kite achieved full in-air deployment and retraction during the testing.
The trial tested a land-based high-altitude wind power generation system that uses kites to capture wind energy, then pulls the generators on the ground to produce electricity.
High-altitude power generation technology enables capturing wind energy from altitudes above 300 meters and turning it into electricity using kites as its core equipment.
"We have completed the first deployment test of the world's largest [power-generation] kite and successfully finished data collection, providing a scientific basis for the design of the kite assembly, which will lay the foundation for deploying a complete set of equipment and for setting standards," said Cao Lun, chief director of the kite-opening test.
At high altitudes, the wind blows faster, stronger, and more consistently. High-altitude wind, as an uncharted territory in new energy, bears great potential for further development.
"We will conduct multi-kite flight tests and plan to launch power generation trials at the end of next year," said Huo Shaolei, senior technical expert at China Power Engineering Consulting Group Limited.
ID : 8453134
Published : 2025-11-13 16:21
Last Modified : 2025-11-13 20:51:08
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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