[Wiki] Wiki Creation and Editing Guide

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[Wiki] Wiki Creation and Editing Guide


Creating a Wiki

Create your topic and reply to it at least 4 times. A moderator will turn these initial 5 or more comments into wikis for you. You can also add the “wiki” tag.

The title format is: [Wiki] Topic Title


Contributing to a Wiki

3 options:

  1. Leave a comment. Your comment will get removed after the info is added to the wiki comments.

  2. Edit the wiki comments. While editing, you can leave a note explaining the edit by clicking the
    Screen Shot above the comment.

  3. Add the info from new comments to the wiki comments. After you’ve done this for a comment, flag the comment. In the flag options choose “Something Else” and in the flag note say you’ve either added the info or it had no new info, or whatever the case may be.


Moderation Policy

Every wiki should have a Moderation Policy heading that explains the moderation policy. Standard is that new comments get deleted after the info is added to the wiki comments. This makes it easier for wiki editors: if there are comments after the wiki comments, the info in them hasn’t been added to the wiki comments yet.

This is a meta wiki, it has the standard forum moderation. For now, and that probably will stay like this.


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Hi all,

I was looking for an airborne wind energy open wiki (I am a bit bored with the same topic coming over and over on the forum). I have just understood that it is possible to make some pages editable on this forum, but it seems rather not used.

Do you know such a wiki and otherwise, what do you think about setting up a wiki ?

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@batlabat, Topics tagged wiki I think the wiki tags were added manually. I don’t remember, so this might not be all the wiki topics.

Or maybe this category has some more, it seems like a good category for them: awesystems.info - AWESystems Forum

If you want to start a new wiki, you can start a new topic and ask a moderator to make the comments you want in the topic into wikis for you. I think you probably want to close the topic then too so that the topic gets bumped to the top whenever the wiki gets edited. If you allow replies that wouldn’t happen, unless you make the last comment in the topic a wiki too for example.

Because we have so few non lurkers, the person who started the wiki is the most likely to contribute to it.

I liked the potential of a bit more engagement with people just adding new comments and not having to look at the edit history to see what edits were made since the last time you saw the comment, so I instead view my How to Find Literature on Airborne Wind Energy and Random Engineering, Physics, ..., Concepts and Ideas for example as kind of similar to wikis. That’s why I will say something like this sometimes, and say in the top comment what I would like the topic to be:

If you see comments that you want removed you could message a moderator, or flag the comment, and ask (tell) them to remove it to keep things on topic.

But creating wikis makes sense too.

Such a good idea @batlabat.
Having structured relational data of credible AWES knowledge will be a huge advantage for next gen designers and builders

@Windy_Skies You’re right we have a regular community of users we can trust to build this out.
Got any guidelines and framework for how we can start rolling it out?

Community is one of the most valuable things we can continue to cultivate before the prospect of silicone based designers come along.

The Wikipedia entries for Airborne wind energy are not very satisfying.
It’s best we lay out a coherent and sensible guide to experimentation and design soon.

Should we design the AI AWES experimenter to go with the data too? Or is that a step waaay too far for now? …and calm down Rod…
They’re starting to incorporate 3d and physics sims as new modes alongside the LLMs.

So eh action 1 get off my butt and attempt to start trying to build a wiki on here
Cool

Attempt 1 under way
OK no idea what I’m doing but having fun trying
Will try again when I’m awake

I like this title format for example: [Wiki] Ground based generators - Groundgen with the [Wiki] at the beginning of the title, and the topic should have the wiki tag to find it more easily.

Other than that, just start? If a wiki gets more content perhaps think a bit about formatting and organization then.

You can make a comment a wiki if you are a regular or above IIRC by clicking the three dots next to the reply button, then the wrench that appears in place of the three dots, and then “Make Wiki.”




I don’t know, one way to do it would be to reserve a few, say 5 or however many you like, top comments to convert to wiki comments and don’t close the topic but make it not discussion based like in my examples above. Then if a new comment adds new information add it to the wiki comments.

That is a low threshold way for people to contribute, not needing to figure out how to edit a wiki, where the new info should go, or if it should be added at all, and have someone else think about that. The top comment can state the moderation rules, say any comment that doesn’t add info gets removed, or all comments get removed after the relevant info is added to the wiki comments.

If a wiki and category match well, maybe pin it the moment it gets created so there is more motivation to add content to it.

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It probably makes sense to put all of them in WIKI - AWESystems Forum

Edit: Or it doesn’t, I assumed there was a limit to the number of topics you can pin, but it seems there isn’t. I don’t know what is best.

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On the other hand, Wikipedia has the talk pages attached to each article. You could do something like this:

Or you could create a second, hidden, “talk” topic that you link from the top comment.

Hi @batlabat
I’ve made a start on a Wiki style page framework

Any comments?

It has a hierarchical information structure layout which we can augment with links to projects and other resources
It’s a bit big already and only about Ground Stations.
There’s a first page with drop down summary headings boxes
And Headings which link to further more detailed posts lower down in the posting order (Maybe these posts would be the best place for highly detailed comments and links

Thanks for the effort.

In my opinion, it is kind of ugly, both for being on the forum which is bringing confusion with dates and so on, and in the format, even if I saw the effort with toggle lists and co.
I can understand that one wants to have a linear/hierarchical view of everything, but I think the wiki is more about having some articles and a search engine, starting with little, then links added to make shortcut as it grows.
I think we can find some pages giving some collections of links to other pages as you did, but it should not be expected to be exhaustive and should remain readable in a few minutes without having to read the linked articles (or worse to open some hidden toggles content).

I was more thinking into a wikipedia style wiki, using for example mediawiki as wiki engine with WYSIWYG and a simple summary of main parts to know where we are in the page.

Maybe a graph view could be integrated to innovate a bit (see Wiki Graph)

I disagree with @Windy_Skies when he says somewhere a wiki has to be documented and should not contain original work. A wiki is only a collaborative tool. But I agree for an encyclopedia like wikipedia, even if I think bringing things together is an original work.

Maybe the easiest way would be to gather our forces on an existing wiki and to share here for example the start of a new page that we could crowdfill. Wikipedia is a bureaucracy right now (and might not be suited), but I found this one Introduction to Airborne Wind Energy - energypedia. But maybe you have other ideas ?

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I 've just found that Airborne Wind Europe is a sponsor of energypedia, one more reasons to go (but I know some that won’t be happy with Europe/German way of doing). I have register and even read the terms of service which look ok. You have to write a small biography about yourself, then have to wait a few hours for somebody to check before getting access (which is a good sign).

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Thanks for the feedback Baptiste

I guess what I was doing was
Creating a hierarchical structure of elements
not making a wiki
And maybe that hierarchical structure could be replaced in an actual working Discourse forum Wiki Page with a table of contents autogenerated by the likes of

I haven’t seen any good exemplar discourse wiki pages yet

The Portal:Wind - energypedia
That’s a good looking Wiki - Nice link Baptiste
A bit sparse on the airborne front (Only an introduction) but worth contributing to

I love a WikiGraph graph style interface - Great for hierarchical and network linked data interaction
My favourite being Nodus Labs https://www.youtube.com/@noduslabs
The link you shared to the WikiGraph for Airborne Wind Energy highlights just how mangled and poorly representative the Wikipedia page for Airborne Wind Energy is -
It’s like a total distraction from Airborne Wind Energy

That’s probably why I jumped at an open hierarchy classifier style
It just felt more structured toward getting shit done.
It probably works better as a beginners starting block framework for - building my first AWES
I might try migrating this idea offsite sometime.

Right well that leaves the question
Is anyone up for starting another go at - A wiki
Feel free to use/re-use my / AI version 1

It’s possible we could fast track the population of the hierarchical list with relevant links to resources, documents, websites, publications, scientific papers, and more

This list should be able to be auto-checked and rechecked for relevance and inserted into the top level file … Good chance the links are rotten or irrelevant though

| URL | Relevant Section | Line Number |

|-----|------------------|-------------|

| https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020 | Overview | 5 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Key Functions | 15 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | System Architecture | 25 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Design Considerations | 35 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Classification | 45 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | By Power Generation Method | 55 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | By Operational Configuration | 65 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Comparative Analysis | 75 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Technical Specifications | 85 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Mechanical Components | 95 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Electrical Systems | 105 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Performance Metrics | 115 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Testing and Validation | 125 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Load Testing Procedures | 135 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Performance Verification | 145 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Certification Requirements | 155 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Design Considerations | 165 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Environmental Factors | 175 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Safety Systems | 185 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Maintenance | 195 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Cost Analysis | 205 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Capital Expenditure Breakdown | 215 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Operating Costs | 225 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Maintenance Costs | 235 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Lifetime Considerations | 245 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Case Studies | 255 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Operational Examples | 265 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Performance Data | 275 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Lessons Learned | 285 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Failure Analysis | 295 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Standards and Regulations | 305 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Applicable Safety Standards | 315 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Environmental Regulations | 325 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Grid Connection Requirements | 335 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Aviation Regulations | 345 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Future Developments | 355 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Research Directions | 365 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Emerging Technologies | 375 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Scale-up Considerations | 385 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Implementation Roadmap | 395 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Research Priorities | 405 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Collaboration Needs | 415 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Load Testing Procedures | 425 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Performance Verification | 435 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Certification Requirements | 445 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Environmental Factors | 455 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Safety Systems | 465 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Maintenance | 475 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Cost Analysis | 485 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Capital Expenditure Breakdown | 495 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Operating Costs | 505 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Maintenance Costs | 515 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Lifetime Considerations | 525 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Case Studies | 535 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Operational Examples | 545 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Performance Data | 555 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Lessons Learned | 565 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Failure Analysis | 575 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Standards and Regulations | 585 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Applicable Safety Standards | 595 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Environmental Regulations | 605 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Grid Connection Requirements | 615 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Aviation Regulations | 625 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Future Developments | 635 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Research Directions | 645 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Emerging Technologies | 655 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Scale-up Considerations | 665 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Implementation Roadmap | 675 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Research Priorities | 685 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Collaboration Needs | 695 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Load Testing Procedures | 705 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Performance Verification | 715 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Certification Requirements | 725 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Environmental Factors | 735 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Safety Systems | 745 |

| https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332123456_Airborne_Wind_Energy_Overview | Maintenance | 755 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Cost Analysis | 765 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Capital Expenditure Breakdown | 775 |

| https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/advantages-and-challenges-wind-energy | Operating Costs | 785 |

| https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/76174.pdf | Maintenance Costs | 795 |

| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211930386X | Lifetime Considerations | 805 |

| https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2193 | Case Studies | 815 |

Yeah, a lot of rubbish links there and many of them repeated…
There’s a better way to generate those to get more focussed appropriate links
I’ll try again.

I should have said in an encyclopedia entry, or things like a resource of shared knowledge.

Are you not trying to create an encyclopedia entry? It seems like you kind or are:

You have now added misinformation. Lorum ipsum would have been better, or you can do the strike through thing until you’ve found sources. I know there is software that lets you do an exact text search on files in a folder or computer, so that should be doable if the AI didn’t hallucinate. Maybe by now there is software that lets you do fuzzy search.

One of the first things I would expect to see in a Ground Stations encyclopedic entry would be a summary of realized ground stations, and ones conceptualized in peer reviewed papers. In a perfect world each ground station mentioned there would link to its own detailed page. That detailed page would also be linked from the page on the system that the ground station was a part of, and so on and so on.

That was probably edited mainly by Joe Faust. I’d classify his Wikipedia edits as vandalism too. You can just go in and make corrections or create new pages. You’re creating the same problem here, a potential visitor doesn’t know what to trust or not because everything is unsourced, and a potential contributor is confronted with the same.

Stop it with the fast tracking already >_>

Yes &
I’m all for going faster still
It’s my/our duty to accelerate understanding.

Why retard our potential?
Is the purpose of AWES not worth pursuing?

We can use a clean knowledge graph to help future developments
See

We develop this modular ontology
A clean description of AWES ground stations basics and any later model can compare itself to that minimum standard. Maybe at best this only informs another area of design - still a Yay! Win.

Absolutely yes
And we ought to be accelerating access to that

I’ll try get a librarian AI to compile highly relevant resource links from some good AWES data sets I have. I’ll share my method too if you like

Basically I’m trying to assist recursive self improvement of AWES knowledge bases

Hold on @Windy_Skies

That was a bit odd - You can read the entire list of Wikipedia entries.
I feel I have to defend Joe Faust’s work in cataloguing the entirety of AWES as it was for so long.
Joe’s work was certainly the only way a weirdo like me living on a remote windy island would ever have been able to find info on Airborne Wind Energy at the time. Thanks Joe
Joe did most of the early work entering what he knew of AWES onto Wikipedia before anyone else caught on.
To be fair - The way he did it was not the expected standard for wikipedia as he mostly started by referencing his own site.
http://energykitesystems.net
Sure that was an old school site layout - straight to html, done before anyone even knew what CSS or a CMS was

So yeah I can see how you draw the parallel to what I did - TBH I’m flattered.
However I did have an AI content warning for the initial period - That should probably still be there until we verify the work… (A work already waaay beyond my means - well done AI)

And yes - I agree - AI as it is commonly represented (Mostly represented by popular LLM’s ) is not capable of all of this work alone yet.
I had to use several different more specialised versions to generate even just that attempt at a ~wiki ~catalogue ~index of ground station related stuff
The maths, the referencing , the freshness of facts all currently crap
But it keeps improving. It keeps building in and matching new modalities.
It keeps recursively self improving and tweaking it’s own modelling parameters.
Sure we used to have to search across the whole parameter space of spam, jellyfish and car parts to have an LLM output text on Airborne Wind Energy - But nowadays the models specialise their vector space groupings much more coherently … If that didn’t make sense - because I’m no expert… then watch this

Here the genie is not yet out of the bottle. I’ll add the rule: no AI generated content in encyclopedia pages.

I can add this rule because as I am currently the only moderator, in that role I would be the one that most would look out for misinformation and vandalism.

Wikipedia and Energypedia are likely better places as there there is the potential of more contributors and more checks, besides the better formatting.

I would not recommend a No AI rule.
Wikipedia hasn’t enforced one - It wouldn’t make sense for us to

As for Wikipedia
What the Wikipedia Airborne Wind Energy Page now shows seems more like their description of a neutrality violation.
Neutrality requires that mainspace articles and pages fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in those sources.[c] Giving due weight and avoiding giving undue weight means articles should not give minority views or aspects as much of or as detailed a description as more widely held views or widely supported aspects. Generally, the views of tiny minorities should not be included at all, except perhaps in a "see also " to an article about those specific views. For example, the article on the Earth does not directly mention modern support for the flat Earth concept, the view of a distinct (and minuscule) minority; to do so would give undue weight to it.

We have a space here which can contribute a much more nuanced an in-depth discussion of resources related to airborne wind energy than could possibly be expected to be hosted on a general wiki - wikipedia

We surely have the opportunity to build a validated and URL or DOI linked

LIBRARY CATALOGUE

AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS - CORE TEXTS

  1. “Airborne Wind Energy -Basic Concepts” (Diehl2013a.pdf)
    Type: Book Chapter
    Author: Moritz Diehl
    Institution: KU Leuven, Electrical Engineering Department
    Citation: Diehl, M. (2013). Airborne Wind Energy: Basic Concepts and Physical Foundations. In: Airborne Wind Energy. Springer.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39965-7_1
    Source: Published in Springer book on Airborne Wind Energy
    Funding: Research Council KUL, EU FP7, ERC ST HIGHWIND (259 166)
    Focus: Fundamental concepts and principles of AWE systems
    Summary: A comprehensive introduction to airborne wind energy (AWE) that covers the physical foundations and fundamental limitations. The paper explains how tethered wings flying in crosswind patterns can concentrate wind power from medium and high altitudes. It discusses the key advantages of AWE: access to stronger high-altitude winds, potential to satisfy humanity’s energy needs, and high power-to-mass ratio promising lower costs. The work includes detailed analysis of crosswind kite power, comparing it to conventional wind turbines and explaining how AWE systems essentially replace turbine tower and inner blade portions with a tether.

  2. “Airborne Wind Energy Systems: A review of the technologies” (Airborne Wind Energy Systems A review of the technologies.pdf)
    Type: Journal Article
    Authors: Antonello Cherubini, Andrea Papini, Rocco Vertechy, Marco Fontana
    Institution: PERCRO SEES, TeCIP Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
    Publication: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 51 (2015) 1461-1476
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.053
    License: Open access article under the CC BY license
    Related References:

    • Archer, C., Caldeira, K. (2009). Global assessment of high-altitude wind power. Energies 2, 307-319. DOI: 10.3390/en20200307
    • Loyd, M. (1980). Crosswind Kite Power. Journal of Energy 4(3), 106-111
      Focus: Comprehensive overview of AWE technologies
      Summary: A state-of-the-art review examining various AWE system designs, including both ground-based and on-board generation methods. The paper analyzes different wing types (rigid vs flexible), control strategies, and power generation approaches. It evaluates technical challenges in automation, materials, and system reliability while comparing the advantages and limitations of different AWE configurations. The review provides insights into current technological readiness levels and identifies key areas requiring further research and development.

TECHNICAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING

  1. “Aero-elastic analysis of a large airborne wind turbine” (Aero-elastic analysis of a large airborne wind turbine MSc_Jelle_Wijnja_2013.pdf)
    Type: MSc Thesis
    Author: Jelle Wijnja
    Institution: TU Delft
    Year: 2013
    DOI: Available through TU Delft repository (contact library for access)
    Focus: Structural and aerodynamic analysis
    Summary: An in-depth investigation of the complex interactions between aerodynamic forces and structural deformation in large-scale airborne wind turbines. The thesis develops models for predicting system behavior under various wind conditions, analyzing structural stability, and optimizing design parameters. It addresses critical challenges in scaling up AWE systems, including material limitations, dynamic loading effects, and structural requirements for safe operation.

  2. “An engineering model for the induction of crosswind kite power systems” (An engineering model for the induction of crosswind kite power systems Gaunaa_2020_J._Phys.__Conf._Ser._1618_032010.pdf)
    Type: Conference Paper
    Author: Gaunaa et al.
    Publication: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1618 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032010
    Focus: Mathematical modeling of kite systems
    Summary: Presents a mathematical framework for modeling the aerodynamic induction effects in crosswind kite systems. The paper develops analytical methods for predicting power output and system behavior, incorporating factors like tether drag, wind field interactions, and flight path optimization. The model provides essential tools for system design and performance prediction, helping bridge the gap between theoretical potential and practical implementation.

CONTROL SYSTEMS & AUTOMATION

  1. “Automatic Take-Off of a Tethered Aircraft” (Automatic Take-Off of a Tethered Aircraft Fagiano.pdf)
    Type: Technical Paper
    Author: Lorenzo Fagiano
    Related Work: Canale, M., Fagiano, L., Milanese, M. (2007). Power kites for wind energy generation. IEEE Control Systems Magazine 27, 25-38
    DOI: Contact author for DOI or access through IEEE Xplore
    Focus: Control systems for AWE launch operations
    Summary: Details the development of autonomous launch control systems for tethered aircraft in AWE applications. The paper addresses one of the most challenging aspects of AWE operation - automated takeoff. It presents control algorithms, sensor integration strategies, and safety mechanisms necessary for reliable autonomous launches. The work includes experimental validation and analysis of different launch scenarios and environmental conditions.

  2. “Autonomous Airborne Wind Energy Systems” (Autonomous Airborne Wind Energy Systems Accomplishments and Challenges 2022-AWE_AR.pdf)
    Type: Research Report
    Authors: Lorenzo Fagiano, Manfred Quack, Florian Bauer, Lode Carnel, Espen Oland
    Institution: Multiple - Politecnico di Milano, Skysails Group GmbH, kiteKRAFT GmbH, Kitemill AS
    Year: 2022
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-042820-124658
    Focus: Automation and control challenges
    Summary: A comprehensive examination of autonomous control systems for AWE, covering flight control, power optimization, and safety systems. The report discusses achievements in autonomous operation, including flight path optimization, weather adaptation, and emergency response systems. It identifies remaining challenges in reliability, regulatory compliance, and system integration while proposing roadmaps for future development.

ECONOMIC & POLICY STUDIES

  1. “AWE Policy Scoping Study” (AWE Policy Scoping Study_2018-01-10.pdf)
    Type: Policy Document
    Author: Kristian Petrick
    Institution: Airborne Wind Europe
    Year: 2018
    DOI: Contact authors for DOI or access through institutional repository
    Focus: Regulatory and policy considerations
    Summary: Analyzes the regulatory landscape and policy frameworks affecting AWE deployment. The study examines airspace regulations, environmental impact assessments, and safety requirements across different jurisdictions. It identifies key policy challenges and opportunities, providing recommendations for regulatory development to support safe and effective AWE implementation.

  2. “AWES Cost of energy and market assessment” (AWES Cost of energy and market assessment.pdf)
    Type: Economic Analysis
    Author: Andy Logan, BVG Associates
    Related Reference: MacKay, D. (2009). Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. UIT Cambridge. ISBN: 0954452933
    DOI: Contact authors for DOI or access through institutional repository
    Focus: Financial viability and market potential
    Summary: Evaluates the economic aspects of AWE systems, including capital costs, operational expenses, and market competitiveness. The analysis compares AWE with conventional wind power and other renewable energy sources, considering factors like power density, maintenance requirements, and scalability. It provides insights into potential market applications and cost reduction pathways for commercial deployment.

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Yeah, it missed that the first 2 are books but classified them as core texts…
Yep it’s not reliable yet but you get the idea…
It can help to start our development of useful data sets
I got it to run through a few checks and - Those DOI’s are real