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Kitepower, B.V.    https://kitepower.nl
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  • [[         http://www.delftenterprises.nl/en/portfolio/kitepower/        ]]
  • "Kitepower was founded by Johannes Peschel and Roland Schmehl in January 2016" 
  • Distinction of two companies:   kPower    is distinct from topic copmany. 
  • https://twitter.com/Bas_Vollebregt/status/1299293021394137088/photo/1
  • "This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 691173."
  • Observed on Sept. 11, 2020: "======Status note obseved on Sept. 11, 2020 at kitepower.nl/invest/
    How's Kitepower doing?
    With two operative ground stations already deployed on the field, confirmed sales in Curaçao and many negotiations in the pipeline, we are closer than ever to release our commercial 100kW system: The Kitepower Falcon. Market launch is expected by Q4/2020. Moreover, we have recently verified the efficaciousness of integrating Greener batteries to our Kitepower energy system, making it the ideal standalone mobile off-grid solution."
  • SLK LEI, groundgen; claim: pumping at 80% of operation time is produdtion,
  • KitePower Falcon 100 kW        PDF        
  • Marcello Ghilardi
  • 2010-2015 some videos of tests:  HERE
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"As of 9 July 2019, we were cleared to fly again. But we keep an open communication to all authorities to keep improving our system and processes."
See report of incident HERE.
Nov. 25, 2019                                 Joe Faust

Kitepower 100 sq m wing                           Click image for larger view
Kitepower 100 sq m
Setp. 17, 2019       Dave Santos

This AWE Mishap was far more than an "unfortunate" software bug and mechanism glitch. Kitepower's Report does not yet meet the highest standards of Aviation Mishap Investigation, as this historic precedent-setting event deserves. The investigation can not be considered complete: As quoted, "This is not an investigation report ", so we are looking towards the full report.

A few comments at this point-

- No auto or manual safety-brake or drag on winch spool.
- No emergency tether cutaway at kite to prevent surface dragging.
- Power surge state-space inadequately modelled and designed for.
- Electrical safety load did not activate digitally (passive circuit would have activated).
- Tether dragged by 60m2 power kite in high wind (extreme hazard not identified nor explored)
- No Runaway Kite Plan; dense population in harm's way, single line runaway failure statistics.
- Control pod mass hazard unmitigated by padding at free-fall or whiplash velocities.
- No pictures of (roof-pod) structural damage, no mass value for control pod, etc.
- No references to existing aviation safety norms, regulations, TACO, etc.
- "IP" and reporting format limits should not effectively become cover-up excuses.
- Data graph unreadable in PDF.
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