Windfarms using kites doesn’t require changes of today’s rules
In Kitemill we have had a good dialogue with the Civil Aviation Authorities the last couple of years. We are happy that the authorities cannot see the need for new rules for the installation of windfarms with flying kites, says the general manager in Kitemill, Thomas Hårklau.

After receiving the application from Kitemill, the aviation authorities have established two danger areas in relation to Kitemills operations during the last two years.
It assumes a good dialogue
- It is the evaluation from the civil aviation authorities that there will be no larger operative or more special challenges towards our activities then towards similar airborne activities. This assumes that there exists a good dialogue between the air traffic services, aviation authorities and us before we chose geographical locations, says Hårklau.
Approval from Aviation Authorities
The development of Kitemill its technical solutions has come a long way. The development of this new technology happened in Lista its industrial area in South Norway. There the company got approval from the aviation authorities, with support from Avinor and the Norwegian Defense. In October 2015 the company reproduced its record of autonomous energy production time and produced power.
25 December 2020 09:30
Successfully passed 125 flights in 2020
After Kitemill's kite number 5 in the KM1 series "Spark 5" completed its first flight in mid-December, the company has completed over 125 flights over Lista in 2020. Kite number 4 in the KM1 series...
28 November 2020 21:21
LIDAR campaign at Lista
In mid-November 2020, PhD student Jan Markus Diezel started measuring the speed of the wind over Lista Airport based on LIDAR measurements. LIDAR is basically the same technology that self-driving ...
23 October 2020 16:02
- Kitemill is truly sector leading
The highly respected Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) expert David Ainsworth is now a senior advisor for Kitemill. The company general manager, Thomas Hårklau, is very pleased that David Ainsworth now is...
18 September 2020 14:34
The KM1 Spark kite automatic launch and landing
A strong focus of engineering of a more robust kite system pays off with great results in our August 2020 test campaings.
15 September 2020 16:10
New QHSE manager with long management experience from Avinor
Otto de Besche is Kitemill's new quality manager, with responsibility for the company's quality, health, environment and safety. He has over 40 years of experience from the air traffic service, Avi...
11 August 2020 09:22
The IEA focuses on airborne wind in large energy workshop
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is now putting a sharp focus on airborne wind energy in a large conference that will be held digitally on 23. and 24. September 2020. On the landing page of th...