Skysails Power presents first validated power curve at AWEC 2024 in Madrid

Leading developer Skysails Power presented the world-first validated power curve of an airborne wind energy system during the 10th International Airborne Wind Energy Conference in Madrid, 25-26 April 2024.

Skysails Power GmbH is a leading manufacturer of light and efficient power kites that harness the wind’s untapped supplies at high altitudes aiming at profoundly altering wind energy’s impact in achieving the global energy transition. The key characteristic to describe the output of wind electricity producing systems is the power curve. During the conference, the company presented the power curve measurement of their PN-14 system that was released just a month earlier, on 22 March 2024.

The experimental setup was based on the standard IEC 61400-12-1 for power performance measurements of conventional electricity producing wind turbines. Benefits and limitations of this standard for airborne power applications were discussed during the conference. The presented measurement method was proposed as a procedure for future specified power curve validations. The presented data were collected at the comany’s test site in Klixbüll in the north of Germany.