List of airborne wind energy organizations

This is a list of airborne wind energy or kite-energy organizations that are advancing airborne wind energy systems (AWES). There were over 40 organizations implied around the world in 2011,^[1] but this number is increasing to over 100 in 2013.

Categories of kite-energy or airborne-wind-energy organizations that are forming the nascent industry: education, academic, non-profit, for-profit, communication, research, original kite-energy equipment manufacturer, kite-line manufacturer, industry-wide association, history, testing, forum entity, library, cooperative, consortium, group, club, school, training school.^[2]

Generation by kite-energy systems may involve pumping, electricity generators flown in the upper flying system (flygen), electric generators situated on the land or sea or on board a vessel (groundgen), simple lifting of objects (lifting), pulling hulls or other objects (traction), or transportation; systems generate energy to do special tasks. Systems may be scaled from tiny to utility size.

Organizations

Organizations

Name	Location	Start year	Type	Generation	Comment
Airborne Wind Energy Labs[3]	Texas, USA	2013	Research Lab	Groundgen	Provides calculations of cost per kWh
Altaeros Energies[4]	Massachusetts, USA	2010	Research and OEM	Flygen	MIT and Harvard graduates
AWEIA[5]	Worldwide	2009	Association	All types	Nation chapters
NTS GmbH[6][7]	Germany	2006	Company	Groundgen	X-Wind technology by Uwe Ahrens
TU Delft[8][9]	Delft, The Netherlands	1999	Research group	Groundgen	Wubbo Ockels ✝ , Roland Schmehl
GIPSA-lab[10]	Grenoble, France	2011	Research group	Groundgen	Ahmad Hably
Enerkite[11][12]	Brandenburg, Germany	2009	Company	Groundgen	Alexander Bormann
Energy Kite Systems[13]	Los Angeles, California, USA	1968	Research, communication	All types	Acquired by UpperWindpower
KU Leuven[14]	Belgium/ Germany	2011	Research group	Groundgen	Moritz Diehl. The OPTEC Kite Power activities are within the ERC Project HIGHWIND.[15]
SkySails [16][17]	Hamburg, Germany	2001	Company	Groundgen and hull traction	Stephan Wrage, Thomas Meyer
Makani Power[18][19]	Alameda, California, USA	2006	Company	Flygen	Acquired by Google
KiteLab Group[20]	Ilwaco, Washington, USA	?	R&D	All methods	Rapid open source development of kite energy. Flight encampments.
Ampyx power[21]	The Hague, The Netherlands	2008	Company	GroundGen	European fund for regional development
e-kite[22]	The Netherlands	2013	Company	GroundGen	50 kW prototype
KiteGen[23]	Chieri, Italy	2007	Company	GroundGen
TwingTec[24]	Switzerland	2013	Company	GroundGen	Using tensairity
Windswept and Interesting Limited[25]	United Kingdom	2014	Company	GroundGen FlyGen and Lift Structures	Using Daisy

References

1. "KitePower - Context - Airborne Wind Energy". Kitepower. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
2. AWE and Kite Energy Industry List by UpperWindpower
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4. "Altaeros Energies". Altaeros Energies. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
5. "AWEIA - About us". Airborne Wind Energy Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
6. "News". Nature Technology Systems. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
7. "Startup: Berliner wollen guenstigsten Windstrom der Welt erzeugen/". Wirtschaftswoche. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
8. "KitePower - KitePower". Kitepower. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
9. "Delft explores kite power for rural Africa". Gizmag. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
10. "Génération d'électricité par voile de traction qui exploite les vents de hautes altitudes.". gipsa-lab. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
11. "Airborne Wind Energy". EnerKite. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
12. "Virging Flight of a Mobile Airborne Wind Power Plant". Haute Innovation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
13. "Energy Kite systems". Kite Information and Technology Exchange Society (KITES). Retrieved 2013-10-02.
14. "Simulation, Optimization and Control of High-Altitude Wind Power Generators". ERC Highwind. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
15. "Kite Power | OPTEC - KU Leuven CoE Optimization in Engineering". Kuleuven.be. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
16. "SkySails GmbH - Home". SkySails GmbH. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
17. Fritz, Falko (2013). Ahrens, Uwe; Diehl, Moritz; Roland, Schmehl, eds. Application of an Automated Kite System for Ship Propulsion and Power Generation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 359–372. ISBN 978-3-642-39964-0.
18. "Airborne Wind Energy". Makani - Google. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
19. "Google X acquires kite-power startup Makani". cnet. 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
20. "KiteLab Group". Dave Santos. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
21. "Ampyx power a rising star in airborne wind power". Connect green. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
22. "Wind energy takes a flight". e-kite. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
23. "KiteGen looks to get wind-power off the ground". Gizmag. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
24. "TwingTec aims to harvest wind power using kites". Gizmag. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
25. "Windswept and Interesting Limited Open Source AWE Hardware". windswept and interesting ltd. Retrieved 2014-10-07.