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   Fed Lifted-Hose AWES
Lift water to a lifted funnel. The water falls through a flexible hose to drive a ground-based hydro-electric turbine. Many individual kite systems may soldier the water from ground level to the lifted funnel. Say, have 10 water-lifting cycling water from below to the funnel. The same pond or lake or sea may be used as the source of the water. The funnel may be flown high by a dedicated kite system; or the funnel may be towered.  The fall hose terminates at sea level or ground  or nearly so; the hose feeds the hydro-electric generator.
    Versions may be human-pilot controlled. Or the system may be automated. Variation of the system are possible. The system may be scaled from tiny toy to huge.
~ kPower, Kite Lab Los Angeles, June 2, 2020.      
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  • We've had prior public domain description of lifting water by kite to artificial and natural reservoirs for the purpose of having water head for production of smoothed electricity. Such charging of potential energy allows charging when wind blows and using that potential energy for generating electricity when needed.
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