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Topic for open discussion:    e-Kite
      |   e-kite.com/   |  Netherlands  |  E-Kite Holding B.V.  |   Press  |
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Coert Smeenk
Alfred van den Brink
Max ter Horst
Bert Regelink
  • "While flying away, the wing is pulling the cable causing a wheel to turn..."  Groundgen, pumping cycle, SLK shown (but patent shows two lines to groundgen) (so, what is their vision as of 2020???? [ ],)  See two patents below; early one featured two-lines to groundgen; the later patent features SLK.
  • News     
  • videos         
  • aenarete.eu/     
  • http://www.energykitesystems.net/EKiteHolding/index.html     
  • https://edepot.wur.nl/417382    

  • "Last year Dutch firm, E-Kite, was awarded for a proposal on how kite power could contribute to tackling climate change. The company won the renewables category at Energy Fest 2016, a start-up pitching competition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, co-sponsored by Shell"       Here  

  • "Aenarete has been working for e-kite since autumn 2016 ..."  
  • "... they have developed a combined copter, wing and tether model, which allows us to find optimal control parameters in turbulent and gusty wind conditions."
  • e-kite's "biggest fan"- The Woz   
  • Type: Application    KITE POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150048621      US20150048621A1  
    Priority to NL2008549
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: E-KITE HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Louis Smeenk Coenraad and Alfred Van Den Brink
    WO2013147600A2               |                PDF of patent  
  • Another patent:   Wind power generation system comprising a flying wing     Priority to NL2019667A          WO2019070124A1     This seems to feature SLK.  And  captive-helicopter  art seems to work its way in the  text and drawings.       Patent  mentions WingCopter
  • Another patent: WO2016085337 - WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
  • Captive Helicopters  
  • We have some posts re: e-Kite in the early forum.
  • 2018
    "The only problem with soft kites is that they last a very short time, after a week you have to replace them already. In the end, this was not a commercially viable model, so we decided to switch to fixed wings."
                                                                                          ~Max ter Horst
  •  Startup Sessions: How e-kite is changing the world of airborne wind energy and why Steve Wozniak is their biggest fan.
    Techleap.nl
    Oct 1, 2018 · 5 min read

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