Getting airborne – the need to realise the benefits of airborne wind energy for net zero

by Airborne Wind Europe | Sep 20, 2022 | Press Releases, Reports & Studies

  Airborne wind energy (AWE) is wind 2.0 – a game-changing solution accessing the large untapped wind resource potential at heights above those accessed by established wind technology.It enables more energy to be extracted at lower carbon intensity and eventually at...

Sep 20: Getting airborne – launch of the White Paper for the Airborne Wind Energy sector by BVG Associates commissioned by Airborne Wind Europe.

by Airborne Wind Europe | Sep 9, 2022 | Reports & Studies

The first Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) systems are now commercially available. This webinar will focus on the benefits of this innovative technology, its future cost developments, deployment potential and the sector’s imminent needs regarding policy and...

Positionspapier zur Flugwindenergie – Politische und regulatorische Forderungen des Sektors

by Airborne Wind Europe | May 24, 2022 | Reports & Studies

Der Branchenverband der Flugwindunternehmen und Forschungsinstitute – Airborne Wind Europe – hat ein Positionspapier erarbeitet, in welchem die Aufnahme von Höhenwindenergieanlagen in das EEG und regulatorische Unterstützung gefordert werden. Flugwindenergie in DE...

US Department of Energy published report on Airborne Wind Energy

by Airborne Wind Europe | Dec 20, 2021 | Reports & Studies

Congressionally directed report by Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), assessing the potential for, and technical viability of, Airborne Wind Energy in the United States, published.WETO completed an assessment of the potential for, and...

Life-Cycle Assessment of an Airborne Wind Energy System

by Airborne Wind Europe | Oct 1, 2021 | Reports & Studies

A master thesis, commissioned by Airborne Wind Europe, TU Delft and Ampyx Power within the Interreg MegaAWE project, compared a theoretical 5MW fixed-wing Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) system with a 5 MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) system. The results – even...

IRENA Offshore report states Airborne Wind Energy as a potential game changer for the future energy mix

by Airborne Wind Europe | Sep 9, 2021 | AWE in the Media, Reports & Studies

IRENA recommends to „Invest in RD&D for airborne wind energy and the creation of artificial islands, which harbour combined technology renewable power generating systems. Since these two emerging technological trends are in less-mature stages compared to other...