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- Volkan Salma defends his PhD Thesis on AWE Safety at TU Delft
- GTI Magazine features AWE presence at WindEnergy Hamburg 2024
- Airborne Wind Europe reaches over 300 visitors to its stand at WindEnergy Hamburg
- Flugwindenergie – das fehlende Puzzlestück für die Energiewende
- The joint commitment of the AWE sector to WindEnergy Hamburg 2024
Check out the after-movie from WindEnergy Hamburg 2024!
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Volkan Salma defends his PhD Thesis on AWE Safety at TU Delft
On Tuesday, October 1st, at 12:30 CET, Volkan Salma successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Safety and Reliability of Commercial Airborne Wind Energy Systems" at the TU Delft Aula. His research explores critical safety measures, essential reliability protocols,...
GTI Magazine features AWE presence at WindEnergy Hamburg 2024
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Airborne Wind Europe reaches over 300 visitors to its stand at WindEnergy Hamburg
Hamburg, 27 September 2024 WindEnergy Hamburg 2024, the premier global onshore and offshore renewable energy event, provided a dynamic platform for Airborne Wind Europe to showcase the groundbreaking potential of Airborne Wind Energy. The AWEU booth featured 15...
The Airborne Wind Energy Conference, the main event of AWE, gathers experts from academia and AWE industry to express their ideas and share the latest outcomes from their research activities during the three days of the conference.
Check out the after movie and some pictures from the AWEC 2024!
Kristian Petrick
Secretary General of Airborne Wind Europe
Roland Schmehl
Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology
Gonzalo Sánchez
Professor of Aerospace Engineering, UC3M
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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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Airborne Wind Energy is ready to complement renewable energy deployment as a game-changer solution that allows untapped wind resources to be harnessed at high altitudes (up to 600 m) while reducing material requirements by up to 90% compared to wind turbines.
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