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25June2009 The headline seems to support AWE:

Kites to solve the energy problem

By Dana Blankenhorn | Jun 24, 2009
24June2009 Stanford University News Service, June 23, 2009
23June2009 Tether-Tripod  standard demonstrator initialized!
23June2009

Fine sled document.
 (document did not know of the Budapest  "Buda" 1904 sled)
23June2009 Tendon-tether the kite and move from A to B
(Jonathan)

23June2009 http://anz.theoildrum.com/node/3500
22June2009 Tripod-Tether (kite or kite system)
http://www.energykitesystems.net/0/KITESA/FAQelectric/glossary/t.html#seeTT 
22June2009 Text not available
Wind-driven driving apparatus employing kites Wubbo Johannes Ockels
22June2009  Lighter than air wind energy conversion system utilizing a rearwardly mounted internal radial disk diffuser William R. Benoit
22June2009 Text not available
Airship-floated wind turbine William K. Watson
22June2009

Text not available
Coaxial multi-turbine generator
 Rudy W. Harburg
22June2009 Text not available
Rotating kite      Lewis Rodgers    
 
22June2009 FAI has received the following Class CS (Solar-Powered Aeroplanes) World record claims:
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Claim number : 15480
Sub-class :CS (Solar-Powered Aeroplane)
Type of record : Absolute altitude
Course/location : Torino (Italy)
Performance : 6 178 m
Pilot : Eric RAYMOND (USA)
Aircraft : Sunseeker II
Date :12.06.2009
Current record : no record set yet
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and
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Claim number : 15481
Type of record : Duration
Performance : 6.1 h
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The details shown above are provisional. When all the evidence required
has been received and checked, the exact figures will be established and
the record ratified (if appropriate).

[ED: All are invited to consider the implication of solar PV on the surfaces of ever-up AWE systems.]
22June2009 Here at Cosmic Kites we are pleased to announce the recent acquisition of two local NY kite companies.

NYKITE.COM and LONGISLANDRIDERS.COM are now part of the Cosmic Kites family of businesses.

And for our overseas customers, feel free to visit us at COSMICKITES.CO.UK  for the same great deals and service

You will continue to receive the personal attention, excellent service and rider owned dedication from Cosmic Kites. Of course our prices will continue to be the lowest in the industry, guaranteed!

Thank you for your continued support and we hope to see you soon. Safe kiting.

The Cosmic Kites Family
www.cosmickites.com 
www.cosmickites.com/kitelounge

[ED: Companies like Cosmic Kites may be play significant roles in some sectors of the coming AWE growth.]
16June2009

http://windpowerexpo.org
AWE aware???
WindPower Expo 2009

[Ed:  Will Airborne Wind Energy show at the WindPower Expo 2010 in Houston, Texas, on May23-26, 2010 ?????]

 

Same question: http://ewea.org

16June2009

“We might extend the application of [wind] power
to the heights of the clouds, by means of kites.”
utopian technologist John Etzler, 1833
16June 2009 Christine Archer of Cal State University-Chico

Start page

Energies 2009, 2(2), 307-319; doi:10.3390/en20200307
Article

Global Assessment
of High-Altitude Wind Power

Cristina L. Archer 1,*  and Ken Caldeira 2
 
1 Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University – Chico, Chico, CA 95929, USA
2 Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
 
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 20 April 2009; in revised form: 15 May 2009 / Accepted: 18 May 2009 / Published: 26 May 2009
This article belongs to the special issue Wind Energy

Abstract: The available wind power resource worldwide at altitudes between 500 and
12,000 m above ground is assessed for the first time. Twenty-eight years of wind data from
the reanalyses by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the Department of
Energy are analyzed and interpolated to study geographical distributions and persistency of
winds at all altitudes. Furthermore, intermittency issues and global climate effects of large scale
extraction of energy from high-altitude winds are investigated.
16June2009 No-tether-to-ground jet-stream-involved dual-aircraft EKS AWE  Power beam energy from above. Use differential momentums of two aloft locations aloft-coupled smartly; one location stays in the jet stream; the coupled location is out of the jet stream. Massively-smart controls tap the system for some energy converted to power beams which energy is sent to receivers on the ground or sea or to active aircraft.    [  Competitor: PV  : -)   ?]                            
June 15, 2009: Contact: Editor@UpperWindpower.com  
16June2009 Ken's press keeps "high" in mind of world readers:
Will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York?
Published 21 hours ago by ■ Bob Ewing

Ken Caldeira points to imagination as the tool yet to be fully used on this high-altitude challenge.

[ED: Consider:  this ]
14June2009  Big change of focus to low altitude experimenting announced.  June 13, 2009, at FORUMopen 2009.  This followed a notice by KiteLab two years ago circulated:

For two years KiteLab has insisted that Makani Power, Inc. badly miscalculated its altitude targets.    KiteLab's pointed critique, "The Stratosphere is a Harsh Mistress," was circulated to company operatives---and  its message slowly sunk in.  Makani Power, Inc.  is now aiming 90% lower. "       More: M161

The following article had not caught up with the change to lower altitude:
Google Inc Nearer Goal of Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal   (Makani Power, Inc. mentioned)
13June2009 Low Altitude is Beautiful for AWE. M158  ~ Dave Santos   M
13June2009 http://usa.manufacturer.com/images/buyLeads/www.alibaba.com/0925/h/kite_generator.jpg
13June2009

Text not available
Hovering wind turbine Aleandro Soares Macedo
13June2009

High Altitude Wind Energy May Power Hydrogen Cars

Posted on September 21st, 2006 by admin

http://www.futura-sciences.com/img/HWT_Briza.jpg

13June2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnIffcBIdww
11June2009 Imagine what AWE could do with a taut never-down tether to 10 km.  Imagine how involved in AWE such as Aeros might be with lifting aerostats.    Your imaginations are invited: Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net          Lifting LTA shaped high L/D PermaLifters providing a tether of high tension.
11June2009 SkyWindPower  essays on many points:
A.   Measuring High Altitude Wind
B.   Windpower Math
C.   Capacity Factor
D.   Flying Electric Generators and Other Tethered Methods
E.   Tethers, Airplanes, Safety and Terrorism
F.   Future Vehicle Power and Energy Storage
G.   Global Wind Resources
H.   Long Range Economics
I.   Wind Properties vs. Altitude
J.   Clean Electricity For The Future World
11June2009 October 12, 2007 : Oh, and We Also Saved the World: Google's Energy Plan
11June2009
11June2009
11June2009
9June2009 Kites, Coal and Waxman-Markey
9June2009 Announcement:   New page:  AWE Classified Ads
9June2009 LoopTether  or FanBelt (several arrangements: non-working downside Laddermill, PermaLiftedUpDownLoop (wings work up and wings work down to drive the loop without losses; the PermaLifter buoys past neutral to maintain loop tension; three and four pulley arrangements for separation can be explored), PermaLifterTwoLoop (upper working wing-saturated loop and moving lower loop tether), LiftedTorsionFanBelt, ...   Collaborative open-source projects here:   Send your sub-assembly solutions:  Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net or post in AirborneWindEnergy group  
5June2009 Kite Pulley Lever 

Then, with the teeter-totter balance, a dual-ratcheting flywheel pumps water or compresses air, with a scaled-down "Hydristor."
 
With that, the low-speed oscillations of the lever can pump one good whoosh each time, with this hydraulic invention.  http://www.hydristor.com/
 
Granted, it presently uses regular, ole hydraulic fluid.  Though, I've done some web searching, and discovered that sunflower oil-based hydraulic fluids are now just as good to use.
 
So, about this drawing, see the adjustable weight, which could either be a battery bank, or an electrolysis unit.  It can slide back and forth, and balance out the figure-8 oscillation path of the parafoil H2-filled kite.
 
By making both the electricity and the pumping water (or air) into a tank, two things can happen at once, while also staying independent of each other.                         ~Darin Selby

[Ed:  A very high resolution file of the drawing may be obtained by e-mail request from Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net  ]
 
4June2009
Link notice supplied by Darin Selby		 News link.   Empa , tensairity in kites, Center for Synergetic Structures, Rolf Luchsinger, Tensairity Kite, an 8 meter span effort, aiming to generate electricity, test site: Bernese Oberland, aiming for a 30 meter span with helium in tensairity members for solving challenge aloft-stay during calm,  spindle-shaped tensairity,

Empa home page for "New fields of application for lightweight construction elements. Lightweight wings for a high-flying kite"
      Related:   Tensairity 

Center for Synergetic Structures
Tel. +41 44 823 40 90
rolf.luchsinger@empa.c

 
Lines in tension on the outside of airbeams along with compression elements
            tens                               air
permits a mechanical advantage over just an airbeam.

"The Center for Synergetic Structures was founded as a public private partnership between Empa and FESTO on April 1, 2006. With the new center the research activities in the field of Tensairity® / pneumatic structures of prospective concepts / FESTO were integrated into the Empa. The Tensairity-technology was developed in close collaboration by Airlight and prospective concepts.

Are you interested in our work? Do you have questions? Please contact

Dr. Rolf Luchsinger
Empa - Center for Synergetic Structures
Ueberlandstrasse 129
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Tel. +41 44 823 40 90

rolf.luchsinger@empa.ch
3June2009

Workshops

Here you'll find information about workshops that have been held by DOE's Wind and Hydropower program that relate to the topic of wind power. These workshops are designed to support the vision described in the 20% Wind Energy by 2030 Report.

  • 20% Wind Energy by 2030 Workshop
    Held from October 6-7 in Arlington, Virginia, this event focused on identifying potential ways to have 20% of the United States' electricity supplied by wind power by 2030.
  • U.S. Wind Manufacturing Workshop
    Held from August 27-28, in Washington, D.C., this event focused on the manufacturing base needed to achieve 20% wind energy by 2030
 
3June2009 Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
[ED: AWE will be making inroads in the OCS.]    579 pages in PDF document
3June2009 [Ed:  Oil and coal do not want to admit such a possibility as baseloadAWE, however baseloadAWE is coming. Wind is ever present on earth. Affordable superconductivity and compressed hydrogen are two means to get AWE to use points. Add bigAWE to local solar and small-local AWE]
3June2009

EKS driving
line-held marine turbine
[One of growing number of seaAWE options]
3June2009 wbAWE      Water-battery AWE

 

 
2June2009 Announcement, June 2, 2009, from KiteLab, Ilwaco, Washington
(Alt: Austin, TX)
1June2009 Battery charging? 
Cascade County to host testing of wind-power battery
1June2009 Images of barrage balloons most of which are true kytoons. [Ed: The archives may give AWE world some data affecting some AWE methods.]
 

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