Question

Will an airborne wind energy system of at least 100kW be sold before 2022?

Resolved:Yes

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Total Forecasters52

Community Prediction

40%

(33% - 44%)

Make a Prediction

50%

community: 40%

Did this actually happen?Yes

Community Baseline Score

-20.1

Community Peer Score

-1.1

Authors:

TomTospace

Opened:

Jul 1, 2020

Closes:

Oct 1, 2021

Resolves:

Oct 15, 2021

Spot Scoring Time:

Jul 3, 2020

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