<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triboelectric_effect" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Triboelectric Effect</a>

A.V.RamaniThe catch is that one has to go high enough to get enough static voltage difference.I'm just wondering if this is an area, where micro or nano scale surface area...

A.V.RamaniRather impractical. Hundreds of tethered balloons thousands of feet up in the atmosphere will be a nightmare for air traffic.Just need to figure out how to scale it down.

Looks like someone is doing a little bit of the heavy lifting. <a href="https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/2148" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Atmospheric Electricity Generation: Is this "true energy" the sleeping giant of renewables? —...

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Harvesting Lightning Energy</a>

This may answer a few questions #-Link-Snipped-#

I'm getting tired of the electric companies, and I'm convinced this can be done with todays technology. I've been out of the electronic field for a long time, but I'm...