Commercial introduction of the first Airborne Wind Energy system: Renewable energy at costs below fully depreciated coal fired power plants

Project Information

AMPYXAP3

Grant agreement ID: 666793

DOI

10.3030/666793

Project closed

EC signature date 3 June 2015

Start date 1 April 2015

End date 30 September 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost

€ 3 701 937,50

EU contribution

€ 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

AMPYX POWER BV
Netherlands

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Publications

Conference proceedings (4)

Flight Test Verification of a Rigid Wing Airborne Wind Energy System

Author(s): P. Williams et al.
Published in: 2019
Publisher: Proceedings of American Control Conference

Viability assessment of a rigid wing airborne wind energy pumping system

Author(s): Giovanni Licitra, Jonas Koenemann, Greg Horn, Paul Williams, Richard Ruiterkamp, Moritz Diehl
Published in: 2017 21st International Conference on Process Control (PC), 2017, Page(s) 452-458, ISBN 978-1-5386-4011-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pc.2017.7976256

Optimal control for minimizing power consumption during holding patterns for airborne wind energy pumping system

Author(s): G. Licitra, S. Sieberling, S. Engelen, P. Williams, R. Ruiterkamp, M. Diehl
Published in: 2016 European Control Conference (ECC), Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 1574-1579, ISBN 978-1-5090-2591-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ecc.2016.7810515

Optimum experimental design of a rigid wing AWE pumping system

Author(s): Giovanni Licitra, Adrian Burger, Paul Williams, Richard Ruiterkamp, Moritz Diehl
Published in: 2017 IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 4018-4025, ISBN 978-1-5090-2873-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2017.8264250

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Performance assessment of a rigid wing Airborne Wind Energy pumping system

Author(s): G. Licitra, J. Koenemann, A. Bürger, P. Williams, R. Ruiterkamp, M. Diehl
Published in: Energy, Issue 173, 2019, Page(s) 569-585, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.02.064

Aerodynamic model identification of an autonomous aircraft for airborne wind energy

Author(s): Giovanni Licitra, Adrian Bürger, Paul Williams, Richard Ruiterkamp, Moritz Diehl
Published in: Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Issue 40/3, 2019, Page(s) 422-447, ISSN 0143-2087
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/oca.2485

Modeling of an airborne wind energy system with a flexible tether model for the optimization of landing trajectories * *Support by the EU via ERC-HIGHWIND (259 166), ITN-TEMPO (607 957), and ITN-AWESCO (642 682) and by DFG in context of the Research Unit FOR 2401.

Author(s): Jonas Koenemann, Paul Williams, Soeren Sieberling, Moritz Diehl
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 50/1, 2017, Page(s) 11944-11950, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1037

A reference model for airborne wind energy systems for optimization and control

Author(s): E.C. Malz, J. Koenemann, S. Sieberling, S. Gros
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 140, 2019, Page(s) 1004-1011, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.111

Optimal input design for autonomous aircraft

Author(s): G. Licitra, A. Bürger, P. Williams, R. Ruiterkamp, M. Diehl
Published in: Control Engineering Practice, Issue 77, 2018, Page(s) 15-27, ISSN 0967-0661
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2018.04.013

Aerodynamic Parameter Identification for an Airborne Wind Energy Pumping System * *This research was supported by Support by the EU via ERC-HIGHWIND (259 166), ITN-TEMPO (607 957), ITN-AWESCO (642 682) and by DFG in context of the Research Unit FOR 2401.

Author(s): G. Licitra, P. Williams, J. Gillis, S. Ghandchi, S. Sieberling, R. Ruiterkamp, M. Diehl
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Issue 50/1, 2017, Page(s) 11951-11958, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1038

Cable Modeling Approximations for Rapid Simulation

Author(s): Paul Williams
Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Issue 40/7, 2017, Page(s) 1779-1788, ISSN 0731-5090
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.g002354

Book chapters (4)

Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Production from Airborne Wind Energy

Author(s): Stefan Wilhelm
Published in: Airborne Wind Energy, Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) 727-750, ISBN 978-981-10-1946-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_30

Ecological Impact of Airborne Wind Energy Technology: Current State of Knowledge and Future Research Agenda

Author(s): Leo Bruinzeel, Erik Klop, Allix Brenninkmeijer, Jaap Bosch
Published in: Airborne Wind Energy, Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) 679-701, ISBN 978-981-10-1946-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_28

A Roadmap Towards Airborne Wind Energy in the Utility Sector

Author(s): Michiel Kruijff, Richard Ruiterkamp
Published in: Airborne Wind Energy, 2018, Page(s) 643-662, ISBN 978-981-10-1946-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_26

Current and Expected Airspace Regulations for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Author(s): Volkan Salma, Richard Ruiterkamp, Michiel Kruijff, M. M. van Paassen, Roland Schmehl
Published in: Airborne Wind Energy, 2018, Page(s) 703-725, ISBN 978-981-10-1946-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_29

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (6)

METHOD FOR LANDING A TETHERED AIRCRAFT AND LAUNCH AND LAND SYSTEM

Application/Publication number: 20 18059308
Date: 2018-04-11
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV

System and method for airborne wind energy production

Application/Publication number: 12 157057
Date: 2012-02-27
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV

Glider for airborne wind energy production

Application/Publication number: 12 181506
Date: 2012-08-23
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV

METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION AND RESPECTIVE SYSTEM

Application/Publication number: 20 17025311
Date: 2017-10-18
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV

LAUNCH AND LAND SYSTEM FOR A TETHERED AIRCRAFT

Application/Publication number: 20 18059307
Date: 2018-04-11
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV

Tether and system for airborne wind energy production

Application/Publication number: 13 190686
Date: 2013-10-29
Applicant(s): AMPYX POWER BV