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- AWEU joins joint letter. Future-proofing Europe’s energy system with iRETs
- The 5% opportunity: How airborne wind energy can lead Europe’s new wave of iRETs
- GTI Foundation Magazine features MERIDIONAL project and airborne wind energy
- Airborne Wind Europe joins call for stronger lead markets for low-carbon products
- Castro-Fernández et al., 2025: A review of the aerodynamics of AWE systems
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AWEU joins joint letter. Future-proofing Europe’s energy system with iRETs
Airborne Wind Europe has joined a coalition of renewable energy organisations supporting a joint letter advocating for a stronger role of innovative renewable energy technologies in Europe’s energy transition. The upcoming review of the EU Governance Regulation...
The 5% opportunity: How airborne wind energy can lead Europe’s new wave of iRETs
A recent report by Future Cleantech Architects (FCA), titled "The 5% Opportunity: Unlocking Europe's Innovative Renewables," highlights a significant opening for the airborne wind energy sector to become a cornerstone of Europe's next wave of clean energy innovation....
GTI Foundation Magazine features MERIDIONAL project and airborne wind energy
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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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