Google to purchase kite-power start-up Makani

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Company developing high altitude wind energy device set to become part of secretive Google X lab

Google is in the process of acquiring Makani Power, a US company developing high-altitude wind energy devices. Makani is in the final stages of testing a tethered wing device outfitted with turbines...

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