Technology
Optimization of AWECS of type flygen (pdf 66 ko) : preliminary study. http://energykitesystems.net/PierreBenhaiem/OptimizationRamFlygen.pdf (264 ko, update). In few words when wind speed is 5 m/s, FlygenKite speed is 20 m/s, so the power on the rotor(s) increases by factor of 64.
More general informations:
Un monde de projets The world is our worksite (pdf 804 ko) : programme of papers of World Energy Congress Montreal 2010 September 12-16 ; see September 14th , session 2.5 Issue 2.5 - World Energy Council.
http://www.worldenergy.org/documents/congresspapers/155.pdf (287 ko) : paper about Airborne Wind Energy and High Altitude Wind Energy,World Energy Congress Montreal 2010 September 12-16 : for the first time such a subject is entered upon any sessions of World Energy Congress.
http://www.energykitesystems.net/OrthoKiteBunch/Presentation2010WEC.pdf
conference at World Energy Congress Montreal September 12-16.
http://www.energykitesystems.net/OrthoKiteBunch/ProjetEOLICARE.pptx (20 mo,Powerpoint of conference,reading with diaporama)
http://energykitesystems.net/PierreBenhaiem/AWEinTheInternationalMeetings.pdf (64 ko) : AWE in international congresses and meetings.
http://energykitesystems.net/PierreBenhaiem/LandAndSpaceUsed.pdf :about ratio of swept area/land and space used.