List of airborne wind energy organizations facts for kids
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, but this number has increased to over 60 in 2017.
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.
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
| Name | Location | Start year | Type | Generation | Comment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitemill | Voss, Norway | 2008 | Company | Groundgen | Reel in/Reel out. Bought KPS in 2020 | |
| WindFisher | Near Grenoble, France | 2015 | Company | Groundgen | Magnus effect energy balloon | |
| KiteX | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2020 | Company | Flygen | Technical University of Denmark spin-off | |
| Kitekraft | Munich, Germany | 2019 | Company | Flygen | TU Munich renewable energy spin-off | |
| Airborne Wind Europe | Brussels, Belgium | 2018 | Association | All types of AWES | ||
| Skypull SA | Lugano, Switzerland | 2017 | Company | Groundgen | developed a specifically suitable UAV | |
| Scuola Sant'Anna | Pisa, Italy | 2013 | Research Lab | Flygen | Investigates Dual Drone Systems | |
| Airborne Wind Energy Labs | Texas, USA | 2013 | Research Lab | Groundgen | Provides calculations of cost per kWh | |
| Altaeros Energies | Massachusetts, USA | 2010 | Research and OEM | Flygen | MIT and Harvard graduates | |
| AWEIA | Worldwide | 2009 | Association | All types | Nation chapters | |
| NTS GmbH | Germany | 2006 | Company | Groundgen | X-Wind technology by Uwe Ahrens | |
| TU Delft Wind Energy Institute | Delft, The Netherlands | 1999 | Research group | Groundgen | Wubbo Ockels ✝, Roland Schmehl | |
| GIPSA-lab | Grenoble, France | 2011 | Research group | Groundgen | Ahmad Hably | |
| Enerkite | Brandenburg, Germany | 2009 | Company | Groundgen | Bernhard Kämpf | |
| Energy Kite Systems | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1968 | Research, communication | All types of AWES | Acquired by Upper Windpower | |
| University of Freiburg | Germany | 2011 | Research group | Groundgen | Moritz Diehl. The SYSCOP Kite Power activities are within the ERC Project HIGHWIND. | |
| SkySails | Hamburg, Germany | 2001 | Company | Groundgen and hull traction | Stephan Wrage, Thomas Meyer | |
| Makani Power | Alameda, California, USA | 2006 | Company | Flygen | Acquired by Google | |
| KiteLab Group | Ilwaco, Washington, USA | ? | R&D | All methods | Rapid open source development of kite energy. Flight encampments. kPower. | |
| Kitepower Enevate BV | Delft, NL | 2016 | Company | Groundgen | Johannes Peschel, mobile 100 kW system, H2020 FTI | |
| Ampyx Power | The Hague, The Netherlands | 2008 | Company | GroundGen | European fund for regional development | |
| e-kite | The Netherlands | 2013 | Company | GroundGen | 50 kW prototype | |
| 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; | |
| TwingTec | Switzerland | 2013 | Company | GroundGen | Using tensairity | |
| UpWind Project | Portugal | 2014 | Research Group | GroundGen | The University of Porto Airborne Wind Energy Project. Investigates multi-kite systems | |
| 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 | |
| UFSCkite | Florianópolis, Brazil | 2012 | Research Lab | GroundGen | First AWE research group in Latin America | |
| Kites for Future | Berlin, Germany | 2020 | free-time | GroundGen | Open source |
