Global Times
By Tao Mingyang in Yibin
Published: Jan 06, 2026 12:01 AM
The world’s first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system designed for urban deployment — the S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES) — successfully completed a test flight in Yibin, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Monday. The achievement marks a key breakthrough as China’s high-altitude wind energy technology advances from experimental validation toward engineering-scale application.
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