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- Fourth Parliamentary Breakfast on Airborne Wind Energy held at the German Bundestag
- WESC 2025 showcases growing academic and industry interest in AWE
- 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
The latest Airborne Wind Energy news
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,...
Driving innovation and engagement during the latest JW4All Consortium Meeting
On March 26–27, the JustWind4All Consortium Meeting that took place in Slovenia, brought together leading experts and stakeholders to discuss the future of wind energy, with a focus on co-production, community engagement, and innovative technologies like Airborne Wind...
MEP Nicolás González Casares spoke about 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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