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Project Comes to a Successful Conclusion
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MegaAWE
Project Summary
Wind energy is key for NWE to meet the Paris Agreements. NWE’s extended coastlines provide huge potential. But today’s wind turbines encounter limitations, both on-shore (space, public acceptance) and off-shore (space, water depth). SMEs in NWE are strongly positioned to develop a novel alternative that addresses these issues: Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES), aircraft tethered to compact ground-based generators. With AWES, new locations for wind energy can be unlocked (incl. floating offshore, rural onshore). Energy is harvested efficiently, reducing materials, foundations and carbon footprint, while lower visual impact can ease public acceptance.
MegaAWE brings utility-scale AWES ("MW-AWES") closer to the market, readying SMEs for its roll-out in NWE and beyond. It shall achieve this by:
- endurance demonstration, to improve investability and secure interest of utilities
- demonstration of key enabling modules at MW-scale, to derisk planning of commercial prototype demo
- an execution plan for MW-AWES commercial prototype demo, to ensure relevant innovation focus (incl. site & user requirements, design guidelines, system sizing & costing), validated by regions & users.
MegaAWE investment/outputs address the recommendations of the EU-commissioned 2018 Ecorys study on AWES:
- AWES test hub in Mayo, IE
- Precommercial AWES architecture demonstrated at 150kW in on-field pilot
- Three key enabling AWES modules at >1MW, demonstrated in-lab
- 20 Enterprises supported
- “MegaAWE” Platform, supporting MW-AWES development and future roll-out, matching needs & opportunities of regions & users with solutions of developers.
MegaAWE shall raise MW-AWES from TRL5 to 7, strengthen innovation capacity of 12 SMEs and secure supply chain & investment towards the next step, commercial demonstration. By 2033, 50 AWES installed (150MW capacity) could then provide RE to 150.000 additional households in NWE.
Project Partners
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Airborne Wind Europe AISBL
1 Avenue de la Renaissance
Brussels
1000
Belgium -
Parkburn Precision Handling Systems
26 Whistleberry Industrial Estate
Hamilton
ML3 0ED
United Kingdom -
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
National Renewable Energy Centre, Offshore House, Albert Street
Blyth, Northumberland
NE24 1LZ
United Kingdom -
BlueWise Marine
GMIT iHubs Galway, Dublin Road Galway
H91 DCH9
Ireland -
RWE Renewables GmbH
74 Kruppstrasse
Essen
45145
Germany -
Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques - Limburg
1470 Chaussée de Haecht
Brussels
1130
Belgium -
European Marine Energy Center
Charles Clouston Building, Back Road
Stromness, Orkney
KW16 3AW
United Kingdom -
Europaeisches Institut fuer Innovation - Technologie e.V.
1/1 Universitaetspark
Schwaebisch Gmuend
73525
Germany -
Bretagne Développement Innovation
1 bis Rue de Fougères
Cesson-Sévigné
35510
France -
Mayo County Council
Aras an Chontae
Castlebar
Ireland
Lead partner
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo County Council |
Aras an Chontae Castlebar Ireland |
pmchale@mayococo.ie | www.mayococo.ie/en/ |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Wind Europe AISBL | Udo Zillmann | zillmann@airbornewindeurope.org | Belgium |
| Parkburn Precision Handling Systems | Sam Bull | sbull@parkburn.com | United Kingdom |
| Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult | Thomas Wildsmith | thomas.wildsmith@ore.catapult.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| BlueWise Marine | Louise O'Boyle | louise.oboyle@bluewisemarine.ie | Ireland |
| RWE Renewables GmbH | Anika Borm | anika.borm@eon.com | Germany |
| Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques - Limburg | Peter Reynaert | peter.reynaert@sabca.be | Belgium |
| European Marine Energy Center | Matthew Finn | matthew.finn@emec.org.uk | United Kingdom |
| Europaeisches Institut fuer Innovation - Technologie e.V. | Chris Ashe | c.ashe@eifi-tech.eu | Germany |
| Bretagne Développement Innovation | Hélène Morin | h.morin@bdi.fr | France |
| Kitepower | Johannes Peschel | j.peschel@kitepower.nl | Netherlands |
News
Airborne wind energy takes flight in Mayo, Ireland
Posted onThe first-ever industry test hub for Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) launched in Ireland, boosting development for a new class of renewables. Read More
World Economic Forum Agenda publishes article on Airborne Wind Energy
Posted onThe World Economic Forum Agenda blog has published an article about Airborne Wind Energy Read More
Airborne Wind Energy - Wind made AWEsome
Posted onA new brief explains the benefits of the AWE technology and outlines the investment requirements for bringing it to market. Read More
EWEC-21
Posted onMegaAWE delegation attends the 9th International Airborne Wind Energy Conference. Read More
News
Posted onMidwest radio featured a segment on the MegaAWE project. Read More
Open day
Posted onIn conjunction with European Week, Mayo County Council will host an information day on MegaAWE project. Read More
Newsletter, May2021
Posted onCatch up with the latest news on the MegaAWE project Read More
2nd Platform Meeting
Posted onAs we all become very familiar with online meetings the MegaAWE project holds it's 2nd Platform meeting virtually! Read More
Planning permission granted
Posted onExciting times for the MegaAWE project and the development of airbourne wind energy! Planning permission has been granted for the development of a test site in Co. Mayo, Ireland. Read More
Events
MegaAWE Platform meeting
, Online event
The 1st MegaAWE platform meeting will take place online, the objectives: Getting more familiar with the project and its partners and matching expectations with what the project is planned to achieve.
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