Airborne wind energy systems convert wind energy into electricity using tethered flying
devices, typically flexible kites or aircraft. Replacing the tower and foundation of …

Airborne wind energy (AWE) is a fascinating technology to convert wind power into
electricity with an autonomous tethered aircraft. Deemed a potentially game-changing …

This paper presents simulation and experimental results regarding a new class of wind
energy generators, denoted as KiteGen, which employ power kites to capture high altitude …

Tethered wings that fly fast in a crosswind direction have the ability to highly concentrate the
abundant wind power resource in medium and high altitudes, and promise to make this …

In this paper we investigate nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) for control of power
generating kites under changing wind conditions. We derive a realistic nonlinear model for a …

This paper presents a co-design framework that optimizes the kite design, site, and
controller of a kite-based marine hydrokinetic (MHK) energy-harvesting system. The …

To overcome the limitations of current wind power technology, the KiteGen project was
initiated at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, to design and build a new class of wind energy …

This thesis is concerned with the development of an innovative technology of high–altitude
wind energy generation and with the investigation of the related advanced automatic control …

The paper presents the innovative technology of high-altitude wind power generation,
indicated as Kitenergy, which exploits the automatic flight of tethered airfoils (eg, power …

Control of tethered airfoils is investigated, in order to devise a new class of wind generators
to overcome the main limitations of the present wind technology, based on wind mills. A …