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Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2017

Thursday 5th – Friday 6th
Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany

In October 2017 the 7th Airborne Wind Energy Conference will be held at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany. Leading researchers and speakers from industry will gather at this international conference to discuss the latest developments and the state of the art in the field of Airborne Wind Energy. Kitepower will attend the conference to present its current system and technology. The conference is located right in the historic center of Freiburg known as a city with a strong reputation regarding renewable energies.

Kitepower 100kW System Showcase Event

Friday 23rd June
16:00
TU Delft Aerospace Engineering Faculty

The new ground station of the 100 kW Kitepower system is currently given the finishing touches at the developing project partner Dromec. On 23 June it will pass the faculty of Aerospace Engineering for a final update and thereupon be deployed to the former naval airfield Valkenburg for extensive testing.

Lunch Lecture: The Challenge of Harnessing Wind Energy from Kites

Tuesday 6th June
12:45 – 13:30
TU Delft Aerospace faculty building, Lecture Room G

Joep Breuer, Technical Manager at TU Delft start-up Kitepower, will present a lunch lecture on the exciting new research in generating power using kites. Kitepower’s patented technology is a game-changer in the wind energy sector, using 90% less material and being twice as efficient as existing technology.

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