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- Airborne Wind Europe and Kitemill highlight innovation at EUSEW 2025
- Pushing innovation forward: iRETs and Airborne Wind Energy take the stage in Brussels
- AWEU welcomes the coalition treaty of the new German government
- Driving innovation and engagement during the latest JW4All Consortium Meeting
- Webinar on AWE 02.04.2025: Ireland at the forefront of high-altitude renewables
The latest Airborne Wind Energy news
Airborne Wind Europe and Kitemill highlight innovation at EUSEW 2025
Showcasing Airborne Wind Energy as a breakthrough solution for Europe’s clean, secure, and competitive energy future Airborne Wind Europe proudly represented the Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) sector at the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2025, held from 10 to 12...
Pushing innovation forward: iRETs and Airborne Wind Energy take the stage in Brussels
MEP Nicolás González Casares: “This wind solution using kites is amazing and we have to boost this idea" “The future is unwritten, but we must ensure that, through concrete policy decisions, innovation in renewables is part of the story.” With these powerful words,...
AWEU welcomes the coalition treaty of the new German government
Airborne Wind Europe congratulates the new coalition on its coalition agreement and is particularly pleased, that our technology is explicitly mentioned in the energy policy chapter, stating: ‘We are also strengthening innovative technologies such as wastewater heat,...
MEP Nicolás González Casares on the AWE kite expo in Brussels!
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How does it work?
Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) produce electricity using kites or wings which are attached by a tether to a ground station.
There are two phases:
- Power phase: The kite flies cross-wind in figures of eight, reeling-out the tether which turns the drum to which the generator – located in the ground station – is connected. Power is generated.
2. Retraction phase: The tether is reeled–in again and the kite dives down back to the starting position. This requires about 20% of the energy produced in the power phase.
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