Airborne Wind Energy

Pre-commercial demonstrator AP3 consists of an aircraft, a tether, a launch and land platform and a power generation system.

Offshore ‘repowering’, replacing old turbines and reusing electrical infrastructure and existing foundations. This is done to extend the life of aging wind farms.

Onshore deployment will be competitive in areas where unique selling points stand out. Due to reduced weight and compact size, transportation and installation is feasible in mountainous, remote areas and islands.

Being capable of harvesting higher stronger winds makes AWES the cost-effective solution for wind power generation on sites further inland with strong wind shear effects (wind speed increases with altitude).

Scaling up to 5 MW: floating offshore at highly competitive cost

AP5 is a 200-250 m2 wing, coupled to larger generators:

Combined with a 3 MW generator AP5 will be able to produce about 20% more energy annually than AP4 at 10% lower cost, making it an altogether more profitable product.

Coupled to a 5 MW generator, AP5 unlocks the market for floating offshore wind energy at a highly competitive Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE).

Ampyx Power complies with the highest safety standards and actively shapes the regulatory framework.

Engaging with authorities to maximise safety

In keeping with our commitment to safe and reliable commercial operations, we maintain an open dialogue with regulatory authorities. In this way we help to inform this new regulatory landscape with input on key topics such as airworthiness, design organization, operational procedures, and certification.

Design processes lead to better learning and lower cost

Our processes provide traceability in case of issues, which facilitates essential activities like root cause analysis and increases transparency across the project. By subscribing to a systematic development approach we’ve achieved more efficient design convergence as well as better learning and improvement possibilities. This has resulted in improved planning capabilities and lower end-to-end development cost.