Airborne Wind Energy Articles
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Tech-Deep-Dive: How Kitekraft Solves Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics is an interesting and one of the most challenging fields of science and engineering. You can even win $1 million if you can contribute to the understanding of the underlying math. Aerodynamics is generally described with the Navier-Stokes-Equations, but even the fastest super computer in the world is not capable to solve these equations directly for a reasonable engineering problem. ...
By Kitekraft
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On the application of miniSoDAR technology to wind energy
Introduction In the late 1990’s wind turbines with nacelle heights exceeding 60 meters were introduced to the wind energy community. Initially, wind prospecting and siting studies continued to use 50-meter wind towers and extrapolate the measurement to the nacelle heights. It was quickly determined that this approach was not sufficient for the placement of these tall turbines. The next ...
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DOE provides more renewables funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on September 16 that it will provide nearly $100 million for renewable energy research, including $16.5 million for biomass energy, $30 million for state energy efficiency projects, and $9.6 million for “transformational” energy research, such as airborne wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems with non-mechanical sun-tracking ...
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