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Resource Efficient Automatic Conversion of High-Altitude Wind

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Objective

The proposed action aims for the commercialisation of an airborne wind energy system. This innovative solution allows supplying remote communities and off-grid areas with reliable and clean electricity in a cost-competitive way. The multinational consortium is coordinated by enevate who acts as system integrator, three industry suppliers for the system components ground station, inflatable wing and kite control unit, and one research organisation that has pioneered the specific technology. The involved parties aim for delivering the first commercial unit in 2017. The first product to enter market will be branded e100, corresponding to its rated electrical power of 100 kW. The proposed action reacts to a persisting market opportunity based on a strong mix of industrial experience and innovation capacity. The go-to-market strategy initially targets the niche of microgrids, while the key objectives address economical, industrial and social challenges and shape the consortium's road map to play a significant role in the EU's energy mix of 2030.

Field of Science

commerce

windpower

electric energy

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges

H2020-EU.2. - PRIORITY 'Industrial leadership'

Topic(s)

FTIPilot-1-2015 - Fast Track to Innovation Pilot

Call for proposal

H2020-FTIPilot-2015-1

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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

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Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Address

Stevinweg 1
2628 Cn Delft

Netherlands

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 363 702,45

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Participants (5)

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ENEVATE BV

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 1 511 172

IRMATO GROUP BV

Netherlands

MAXON MOTOR GMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 339 172,75

MX PRODUCTION

France

EU Contribution

€ 88 056,68

DROMEC BV

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 373 028,25

Project information

REACH

Grant agreement ID: 691173

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 December 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.

H2020-EU.2.

Overall budget:

€ 3 665 744,85
EU contribution

€ 2 675 132,13

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - REACH (Resource Efficient Automatic Conversion of High-Altitude Wind)

Reporting period: 2016-12-01 to 2017-11-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The second year of the Horizon 2020 REACH project is now turning to an end. This periodic report provides an overview of the consor um’s work lead by the system integrator Kitepower (enevate) together with its research and industry partners TU Del , Dromec, Maxon Motor & Genetrix. The report outlines which goals the consor um members have set themselves and which milestones have been reached towards their achievement.
The past year was a successful period for the REACH project. Major technical milestones were reached by the consor um partners and the rst commercial project launched by Kitepower.
The team of Kitepower doubled in size, which added important new exper se for growth. The 100kW ground sta on for the commercial system was delivered by Dromec in summer 2017 and since then being tested in the integrated system by Enevate. Maxon motor assembled and delivered two new KCU prototypes which were tested by enevate in the eld with the goal of performing several op miza on loops.
In 2017, the WINDVOGEL project as part of the 2 month ICOON A suitdijk design and innova on program by Daan Roosegaarde and his team was Kitepower’s rst commercial success as an o cial development partner. The project gained world-wide a en on and visibility for airborne wind energy technology as the future of energy.
The the airborne wind energy sector as a whole keeps constantly growing. The Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2017 gathered all major industry and research players in Freiburg (Germany) and represen ng how the technology moves closer and closer towards commercializa on. It was also an illustra ve example of how the European Union’s strategic funding e orts are crea ng a bridge of collabora on between universi es, startups and industry. As part of this larger industry, Kitepower collaborated ac vely with other companies in 2017 to establish the policy for the emerging airborne wind energy industry sector as a whole.
Airborne wind energy is ge ng closer and closer towards the goal of commercializa on with the market entry of many companies planned by the end of 2018. The REACH project and its consor um partners proved in 2017 that they are at the forefront of this development and the coming year 2018 will be an exci ng one for the whole sector.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Reach Partner meeting with ground station

Kite in flight

Project information

REACH

Grant agreement ID: 691173

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 December 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.

H2020-EU.2.

Overall budget:

€ 3 665 744,85
EU contribution

€ 2 675 132,13

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Deliverables

Other (1)

Supplier and distribution network

Framework agreements with lead suppliers and distributors will be signed in order to guarantee the manufacturing, assembly and distribution of the e100.

Documents, reports (1)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Airborne wind energy resource analysis

Author(s): Philip Bechtle, Mark Schelbergen, Roland Schmehl, Udo Zillmann, Simon Watson

Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 141, 2019, Page(s) 1103-1116, ISSN 0960-1481

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.118

Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective

Author(s): Simon Watson, Alberto Moro, Vera Reis, Charalampos Baniotopoulos, Stephan Barth, Gianni Bartoli, Florian Bauer, Elisa Boelman, Dennis Bosse, Antonello Cherubini, Alessandro Croce, Lorenzo Fagiano, Marco Fontana, Adrian Gambier, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Christopher Golightly, Mikel Iribas Latour, Peter Jamieson, John Kaldellis, Andrew Macdonald, Jimmy Murphy, Michael Muskulus, Francesco Petrini, Luca

Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 113, 2019, Page(s) 109270, ISSN 1364-0321

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109270

Aeroelastic Analysis of a Large Airborne Wind Turbine

Author(s): Jelle Wijnja, Roland Schmehl, Roeland De Breuker, Kenneth Jensen, Damon Vander Lind

Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Issue 41/11, 2018, Page(s) 2374-2385, ISSN 0731-5090

DOI: 10.2514/1.g001663

Quasi-steady model of a pumping kite power system

Author(s): Rolf van der Vlugt, Anna Bley, Michael Noom, Roland Schmehl

Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 131, 2019, Page(s) 83-99, ISSN 0960-1481

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.023

Experimental investigation of soft kite performance during turning maneuvers

Author(s): Johannes Oehler, van Reijen Marc, Roland Schmehl

Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1037, 2018, Page(s) 052004, ISSN 1742-6588

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1037/5/052004

A lagrangian flight simulator for airborne wind energy systems

Author(s): G. Sánchez-Arriaga, A. Pastor-Rodríguez, M. Sanjurjo-Rivo, R. Schmehl

Published in: Applied Mathematical Modelling, Issue 69, 2019, Page(s) 665-684, ISSN 0307-904X

DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2018.12.016

Boundary layer transition modeling on leading edge inflatable kite airfoils

Author(s): Mikko Folkersma, Roland Schmehl, Axelle Viré

Published in: Wind Energy, 2019, ISSN 1095-4244

DOI: 10.1002/we.2329

Vertical Takeoff and Landing of Flexible Wing Kite Power Systems

Author(s): Sebastian Rapp, Roland Schmehl

Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Issue 41/11, 2018, Page(s) 2386-2400, ISSN 0731-5090

DOI: 10.2514/1.g003535

Flight-Path Reconstruction and Flight Test of Four-Line Power Kites

Author(s): R. Borobia, G. Sanchez-Arriaga, A. Serino, R. Schmehl

Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Issue 41/12, 2018, Page(s) 2604-2614, ISSN 0731-5090

DOI: 10.2514/1.g003581

Aerodynamic characterization of a soft kite by in situ flow measurement

Author(s): Johannes Oehler, Roland Schmehl

Published in: Wind Energy Science, Issue 4/1, 2019, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 2366-7451

DOI: 10.5194/wes-4-1-2019

Reliability and Safety of Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Author(s): Salma, V., Friedl, F., Schmehl, R.

Published in: Wind Energy, 2019, ISSN 1095-4244

DOI: 10.1002/we.2433

Modeling and dynamics of a two-line kite

Author(s): G. Sánchez-Arriaga, M. García-Villalba, R. Schmehl

Published in: Applied Mathematical Modelling, Issue 47, 2017, Page(s) 473-486, ISSN 0307-904X

DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2017.03.030

A constraint-free flight simulator package for airborne wind energy systems

Author(s): G. Sánchez-Arriaga, A. Pastor-Rodríguez, R. Borobia-Moreno, R. Schmehl

Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1037, 2018, Page(s) 062018, ISSN 1742-6588

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1037/6/062018

Automatic measurement and characterization of the dynamic properties of tethered membrane wings

Author(s): Jan Hummel, Dietmar Göhlich, Roland Schmehl

Published in: Wind Energy Science, Issue 4/1, 2019, Page(s) 41-55, ISSN 2366-7451

DOI: 10.5194/wes-4-41-2019

Other (1)

ERA5 reanalysis data for Airborne Wind Energy Resource Analysis

Author(s): Schmehl, R., Schelbergen, M., Bechtle, P., Zillmann, U., Watson, S.J.

Published in: 2018

DOI: 10.4121/uuid:646eaf3f-c90b-4f22-89bf-8986804def3c

Conference proceedings (1)

The International Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2017: Book of Abstracts

Author(s): Diehl, M., Leuthold, R., Schmehl, R.

Published in: Airborne Wind Energy Conference Book of Abstracts Series, 2017

DOI: 10.6094/unifr/12994

Project information

REACH

Grant agreement ID: 691173

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 December 2015
End date

31 August 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.

H2020-EU.2.

Overall budget:

€ 3 665 744,85
EU contribution

€ 2 675 132,13

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

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