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Airborne high altitude wind energy

Airborne high altitude wind energy

2021
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Sustainable energies
Current trend of the technology :
arrow_circle_up Strong R&D activity and business increasing
arrow_circle_up Active research and first emerging business
arrow_circle_up Work in progress
arrow_circle_up Decreasing R&D activity

Airborne Wind Energy Converters (AWEC) consist in tethered aircrafts that extract high density wind energy at high altitudes (200-600m) with 90% material savings compared to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT).

Airborne wind demonstrators are emerging alongside new pilots. We continue to observe a multitude of new concept whilst market players are faced with unknown, external challenges. Technological convergence has not yet happened.

Bibliography

[88] AWE - Airborne Wind Europe website. 

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