Policies & Regulation
Currently AWE is hardly considered in European and national policies and regulatory frameworks. AWE falls under two policy and regulatory fields: energy and aviation. Bringing both together is new and often complex.
New policy documents: AWE sector recommendations for German policy makers (Oct 9, 2023)
AWE Country Mapping
AWEurope has started mapping the AWE-relevant policies and regulation in a number of European countries:
Germany
Ireland
Spain
France
United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Norway
Italy
Switzerland
USA
Country Assesment
The following provides documents elaborated by the AWE sector:
Position Paper, October 2024: AWE – the litmus test of the Clean Industrial Deal
Airborne wind energy systems consist of kites or tethered drones that generate power by capturinghigh-altitude winds with very low material input. They provide several important benefits for theEuropean energy transition and the industrial transformation. The sector...
Catapult, 2024: Standardisation and Certification of AWE systems
Author: Peter Kinsley Year: 2024 Title: Standardisation and Certification of Airborne Wind Energy Affiliation: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Certification entails defining and establishing operational and technical parameters that must govern the...
AWEurope, 2023: Safe Operation and Airspace Integration of AWE
Author: Kristian Petrick, Corey Houle Year: 2023 Title: Safe Operation and Airspace Integration of Airborne Wind Energy Systems Affiliation: Airborne Wind Europe Zenodo repository
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