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Joby Energy, Inc.

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For direct information from Joby Energy, Inc., e-mail:         info [at] jobyenergy.com

Founded in 2008 by JoeBen Bevirt    


2011:  Santa Cruz High grad pitches business plan to Davenport: JoeBen Bevirt wants to buy shuttered Cemex plant for windmill manufacturing


2010:

[ ] What is happening with the quarterly newsletter after Q3od2010?

The company seems highly focused on jet stream utilization AWE, but is morphing stance to consider lower-altitude AWECS.

Commentary:

"Joby Energy envisions flying AWE from mountaintops.
 San Francisco Chronicle

  • "Bevirt's Joby Energy company is now working on generating wind energy using giant kites on mountaintops and a sporty electric aircraft with several propellers that hovers like a helicopter." Source. 

  • Commentary so far:

    • The "propellers" may be powered and then pitch changed for autorotation for generating electricity, I suppose.   JpF
       

    • GPS is being preferred by Joby for positional data (but RADAR is better AWE CoopIP) from Tweet-feed.     ds

      Disambiguation: Prior Terrain Enabled Wind Power (TEWP) usage preferred over later Terrain Enhanced Wind Power. Proposing Terrain Enhanced Wind Resource (TEWR) to replace confusing TEWP usage." ds   Discussion is open: Perhaps there some distinctions to be made, so assets won't be lost.   See
      M1182

    • Wikipedia entry at High altitude wind power:

      • 2010 March 1-3: Three HAWP companies had booths at ARPA-E Technology Showcase, Gaylord Convention Center, Washington, DC. Investment and showcasing by HAWP entities: Joby Energy, Sky Windpower, Makani Power directed visitors to each other's booths.

        2010 March 6. Eight airborne wind energy technology entity leaders in USA held a telephone conference and decided without objection to propose a modification to bill HR 3165[45]; the primary line-item proposed modification entered to a congressional member was the inclusion of "airborne wind energy technology."

 

  1. AirborneWindEnergy : Message: Joby Energy :: Business member of AWEA

    2 posts

    Joby Energy joined AWEA as a business member. Has any other AWE entity joined AWEA or GWEC? Wed Dec 9, 2009 10:55 pm. Show Message Info ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/message/706

  2. AirborneWindEnergy : Messages : 1173-1202 of 1235

    30 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Feb 27

    Joby Energy envisions flying AWE from mountaintops. SF Chron GPS is being preferred by Joby for positional data (but RADAR is better AWE ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/.../1202?... - Cached

  3. AirborneWindEnergy : Message: RE: [AirborneWindEnergy] Nature AWE ...

    lso Joby Energy? There is the typical failure to differentiate between ground level generati= on of power and generating the power at high altitude and ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/message/217?...1...
  4. AirborneWindEnergy : Message: Wayne German's "Venetian Blind ...

    3 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Feb 26

    ... are aerodynamically & even operationally in advance of looping wing projects by players like Joby & Makani, thanks to Wayne's concepts. ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/.../800?var=1 - Cached

  5. AirborneWindEnergy : Message: Re: [AirborneWindEnergy] Fw: Ribbon ...

    5 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Oct 28, 2009

    Sky WindPower, Makani Power, Joby Energy, etc. all face these turbine trade-off issues, as they intend to motor up to altitude & loiter in ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/message/494 - Cached

  6. AirborneWindEnergy : Messages : 895-924 of 924

    Joby Energy has identified the ground transport bottleneck of large-scale windpower as a... dave santos santos137. Offline Send Email, Jan 13, 2010 11:36 pm ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/messages - Cached
  7. AirborneWindEnergy : Message: RE: [AirborneWindEnergy] Nature AWE ...

    as do skywindpower, also Joby Energy? > There is the typical failure to differentiate between ground level generation of power and generating the power at ...
    tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/message/218