Kitekraft Timeline

Events

• 2023-11-02 - Capability - Kitekraft completes first grid-fed autonomous power flight - The test covered grid-powered hover launch, transition into figure-eight flight, airborne power generation, return to hover and landing. The kite and ground station operated autonomously apart from high-level launch and land commands. Kitekraft had also… - source: kitekraft.de
• 2023-10-06 - Deployment - Kitekraft connects flying wind turbine demonstrator to public grid - Bayernwerk Netz approved the connection after the system demonstrated compliance with applicable grid rules. The initial connection provides 30 kW of approved capacity for autonomous flight tests and energy feed-in. Gemeindewerke Oberhaching agreed to… - source: kitekraft.de
• 2022-12-08 - Funding - Kitekraft raises $1.6 million for grid-connected demonstrator - Roughly $300,000 of the package came through the Horizon Europe MERIDIONAL project. The capital was allocated to reliability and efficiency work, a grid-connected demonstrator, team growth and preparation for a pilot installation. - source: kitekraft.de