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This is a list of airborne wind energy or kite-energy organizations that are advancing airborne wind energy systems (AWES). In 2011 there were over 40 organizations involved worldwide,[1] but this number has increased to over 60 in 2017.[2]

Categories of kite-energy or airborne-wind-energy organizations that are forming the nascent industry: education, academic, non-profit, for-profit, communication, research, original kite-energy equipment manufacturer, kite-line manufacturer, industry-wide association, history, testing, forum entity, library, cooperative, consortium, group, club, school, training school.[3]

Generation by kite-energy systems may involve pumping, electricity generators flown in the upper flying system (flygen), electric generators situated on the land or sea or on board a vessel (groundgen), simple lifting of objects (lifting), pulling hulls or other objects (traction), or transportation; systems generate energy to do special tasks. Systems may be scaled from tiny to utility size.

Organizations

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Organizations
Name Location Start year Type Generation Comment Ref
Kitemill Voss, Norway 2008 Company Groundgen Reel in/Reel out. Bought KPS in 2020 [4]
WindFisher Near Grenoble, France 2015 Company Groundgen Magnus effect energy balloon [5]
KiteX Copenhagen, Denmark 2020 Company Flygen Technical University of Denmark spin-off [6][7]
Kitekraft Munich, Germany 2019 Company Flygen TU Munich renewable energy spin-off [8]
Airborne Wind Europe Brussels, Belgium 2018 Association All types of AWES [9]
Skypull SA Lugano, Switzerland 2017 Company Groundgen developed a specifically suitable UAV [10]
Scuola Sant'Anna Pisa, Italy 2013 Research Lab Flygen Investigates Dual Drone Systems [11]
Airborne Wind Energy Labs Texas, USA 2013 Research Lab Groundgen Provides calculations of cost per kWh [12]
Altaeros Energies Massachusetts, USA 2010 Research and OEM Flygen MIT and Harvard graduates [13]
AWEIA Worldwide 2009 Association All types Nation chapters [14]
NTS GmbH Germany 2006 Company Groundgen X-Wind technology by Uwe Ahrens [15][16]
TU Delft Wind Energy Institute Delft, The Netherlands 1999 Research group Groundgen Wubbo Ockels ✝, Roland Schmehl [17][18]
GIPSA-lab [fr] Grenoble, France 2011 Research group Groundgen Ahmad Hably [19]
Enerkite Brandenburg, Germany 2009 Company Groundgen Bernhard Kämpf [20][21]
Energy Kite Systems Los Angeles, California, USA 1968 Research, communication All types of AWES Acquired by Upper Windpower [22]
University of Freiburg Germany 2011 Research group Groundgen Moritz Diehl. The SYSCOP Kite Power activities are within the ERC Project HIGHWIND. [23]
SkySails Hamburg, Germany 2001 Company Groundgen and hull traction Stephan Wrage, Thomas Meyer [24][25]
Makani Power Alameda, California, USA 2006 Company Flygen Acquired by Google [26][27]
KiteLab Group Ilwaco, Washington, USA ? R&D All methods Rapid open source development of kite energy. Flight encampments. kPower. [28]
Kitepower Enevate BV Delft, NL 2016 Company Groundgen Johannes Peschel, mobile 100 kW system, H2020 FTI [29]
Ampyx Power The Hague, The Netherlands 2008 Company GroundGen European fund for regional development [30]
e-kite The Netherlands 2013 Company GroundGen 50 kW prototype [31]
KiteGen Torino, Italy 2003 Private Research- industrial Company GroundGen; Carousel GW scale 3-MW preseries; 130sqm composite wings, first mover; full patents coverage (3000 worldwide); freedom to operate; [32][33][34][35]
TwingTec Switzerland 2013 Company GroundGen Using tensairity [36][37]
UpWind Project Portugal 2014 Research Group GroundGen The University of Porto Airborne Wind Energy Project. Investigates multi-kite systems [38]
Windswept and Interesting Limited United Kingdom 2012 Company GroundGen with tensile rotary power transmission from airborne kite turbine Using Kite Turbine and Tensile Rotary Power Transmission [39]
UFSCkite Florianópolis, Brazil 2012 Research Lab GroundGen First AWE research group in Latin America [40]
Kites for Future Berlin, Germany 2020 free-time GroundGen Open source [41][42]
Windlift Durham, NC, USA 2006 Company GroundGen Rob Creighton, Andy Stough, Mark Aull [43]

References

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  1. ^ Ahrens, Uwe; Diehl, Moritz; Schmehl, Roland (2013). "Preface". In Ahrens, Uwe; Diehl, Moritz; Schmehl, Roland (eds.). Airborne Wind Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. i–xxiii. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39965-7. ISBN 978-3-642-39964-0.
  2. ^ Schmehl, Roland (2018). "Preface" (PDF). In Schmehl, Roland (ed.). Airborne Wind Energy - Advances in Technology Development and Research. Green Energy and Technology. Singapore: Springer. pp. i–xxvii. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0. ISBN 978-981-10-1946-3. S2CID 238791121.
  3. ^ AWE and Kite Energy Industry List by UpperWindpower
  4. ^ "Kitemill - Taking windpower to new heights". www.kitemill.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ "WindFisher". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. ^ "KiteX github". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  7. ^ "Kites harvest energy like wind turbines". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. ^ "Kitekraft". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  9. ^ "Airborne Wind Europe – The association of the European airborne wind energy industry, representing the interests to policy and business – suppliers, utilities, developers and manufacturers". Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  10. ^ "Home". Skypull (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  11. ^ "Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna". Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  12. ^ "Airborne Wind Energy Labs". Airborne Wind Energy Labs. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  13. ^ "Altaeros Energies". Altaeros Energies. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  14. ^ "AWEIA - About us". Airborne Wind Energy Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-10-02.[non-primary source needed]
  15. ^ "News". Nature Technology Systems. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  16. ^ "Startup: Berliner wollen guenstigsten Windstrom der Welt erzeugen/". Wirtschaftswoche. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  17. ^ "Delft explores kite power for rural Africa". Gizmag. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  18. ^ "Kite power: towards affordable, clean energy". Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  19. ^ "Génération d'électricité par voile de traction qui exploite les vents de hautes altitudes". gipsa-lab. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  20. ^ "Airborne Wind Energy". EnerKite. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  21. ^ "Virging Flight of a Mobile Airborne Wind Power Plant". Haute Innovation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  22. ^ "Energy Kite systems". Kite Information and Technology Exchange Society of America (KITESA). Retrieved 2016-11-10."kPower, LLC".
  23. ^ "Simulation, Optimization and Control of High-Altitude Wind Power Generators". ERC Highwind. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  24. ^ "SkySails GmbH - Home". SkySails GmbH. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  25. ^ Fritz, Falko (2013). "Application of an Automated Kite System for Ship Propulsion and Power Generation". In Ahrens, Uwe; Diehl, Moritz; Roland, Schmehl (eds.). Airborne Wind Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 359–372. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39965-7_20. ISBN 978-3-642-39964-0.
  26. ^ "Airborne Wind Energy". Makani - Google. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  27. ^ "Google X acquires kite-power startup Makani". cnet. 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  28. ^ "KiteLab Group". Dave Santos. Retrieved 2013-10-02.[non-primary source needed]
  29. ^ "KitePower - KitePower". Kitepower. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  30. ^ "Ampyx power a rising star in airborne wind power". Connect green. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  31. ^ "Wind energy takes a flight". e-kite. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  32. ^ "KiteGen Company site". KiteGen. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  33. ^ "high-altitude-wind-power-reviewed". EuanMearns. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  34. ^ "Kites global energy". Mashable. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  35. ^ "KiteGen looks to get wind-power off the ground". Gizmag. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  36. ^ "TwingTec aims to harvest wind power using kites". Gizmag. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  37. ^ "TwingTec website". TwingTec. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  38. ^ "The University of Porto Airborne Wind Energy Project". UP WIND. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  39. ^ "Windswept and Interesting Limited". windswept and interesting ltd.
  40. ^ "UFSCkite". UFSCkite. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  41. ^ "Kites for Future". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  42. ^ "Hackaday.io Kites for Future". hackaday.io. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  43. ^ "Windlift Uses Airborne Wind Energy To Lower Costs And Increase Efficiency". grepbeat.com. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
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