Update on Certification and Regulations of Airborne Wind Energy Systems: The European Case for Rigid Wings

Status and Development Plan of the PowerPlane of Ampyx Power

Discussion of a rotating platform for takeoff and landing of a tethered aircraft

Modeling, Simulation, and Testing of Surf Kites for Power Generation

Non-powered flight vehicles such as kites can provide a means of transmitting wind energy from higher altitudes to the ground via tethers. At Delft University of Technology, construction and testing of such a high altitude wind machine is ongoing. The concept is called the Laddermill. It generates energy by pulling a line under high tension from...

Long-Term Laddermill Modeling for Site Selection

Non-powered flight vehicles such as kites can provide a means of transmitting wind energy from higher altitudes to the ground via tethers. At Delft University of Technology, construction and testing of such a high altitude wind machine is ongoing. The concept is called the Laddermill. It generates energy by pulling a line under high tension from...

Kite, method of generating power using such a kite, method of providing driving force to a vehicle using such a kite, vehicle provided with such a kite, power generation assembly comprising such a kite

A kite having a main body provided with at least a first and a second connection cable and at least one main pulling cable, the at least first and second connection cables each having a first and a second end, the first ends of the at least first and second connection cables being connected to the main body of the kite at different positions of...

Towards Flight Testing of Remotely Controlled Surfkites for Wind Energy Generation

Non-powered flight vehicles such as kites can provide a means of transmitting wind energy from higher altitudes to the ground via tethers. Although there is increased world wide interest for systems to extract wind energy from higher altitudes with kites, research into kite properties such as the coefficients and the stability is limited. Such...

Ship propulsion by Kites combining energy production by Laddermill principle and direct kite propulsion