Objective The quest for clean and renewable energy sources found tremendous potential in wind power. So far, it has been harvested mostly by wind towers, which use only wind currents close to the ground (bellow 200m of height). Since low altitude wind currents are slow and intermittent, most wind farms operate, on average, 25-35% of their capacity. This represents a severe limitation to current state-of-art wind power technology, as towers can hardly be taller than 130m without prohibitive costs and insurmountable technical difficulties.To bypass these difficulties, it is proposed to perform R&D in a multitude of technology fields such as materials, aerodynamics and control, further developing a wind power system capable of harnessing the energy potential of high altitude wind without the need for heavy towers or expensive elevated nacelles: we call it HAWE (High Altitude Wind Energy).HAWE consists of a buoyant, rotating, cylinder shaped, airship, anchored to a ground station by a tether cable operating a two phase cycle. During the power production phase the Magnus effect on the rotating cylinder generates lift, pulling up the tether cable which, at the ground station, is in a winch drum driving a flywheel connected to an alternator producing electricity. When the tether cable is fully unwound, the recovery phase starts - as the cylinder rotation ceases and the cable is reeled back to its initial position decoupled from the flywheel, completing a cycle. This is performed continuously.The successful implementation of this concept will increase the share of renewable energy in Europe since, the achievement of the goal to produce renewable energy at competitive prices with coal derived energy, should lower its cost. A high security of supply, a cleaner environment, and the possibility to keep Europe as a global leader in wind power, are other benefits of this technology. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind powerengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2010.10.2-1 - Future Emerging Technologies for Energy Applications (FET) Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2010-FET See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator OMNIDEA LDA EU contribution € 641 370,75 Address Travessa antonio gedeao 9 3510 017 Viseu Portugal See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nuno Fernandes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU, FAKULTET STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE Croatia EU contribution € 474 300,00 Address Ivana lucica 5 10000 Zagreb See on map Region Hrvatska Grad Zagreb Grad Zagreb Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Neven Duic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 205 638,00 Address Anker engelunds vej 101 2800 Kongens lyngby See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Karen Hyllested Thielsen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EDP INOVACAO SA Portugal EU contribution € 53 159,50 Address Praca marques de pombal 12 1250 162 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Administrative Contact João Gonçalo Maciel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Rapp Hydema AS Norway EU contribution € 273 081,00 Address Nyholmen 8037 Bodo See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Inge Henning Andersen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LANKHORST TOUWFABRIEKEN BV Netherlands EU contribution € 206 897,00 Address Prinsengracht 2 8607 AD Sneek See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Steven Wardenier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SERVICIOS Y ESTUDIOS PARA LA NAVEGACION AEREA Y LA SEGURIDAD AEURONAUTICA SA Spain EU contribution € 66 024,25 Address Avenida de la hispanidad 12 28042 Madrid See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maria Isabel Izquierdo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data