UMOE Mandal supports Kitemill in composite work
The coming months UMOE Mandal will support Kitemill in production of composite air-frames. UMOE Mandal is one of the most advanced composite manufacturers in Norway and mainly supply the maritime sector. The most famous build is the costal corvettes which is the worlds fastest warship. Within renewable UMOE Mandal produces fast crew transfer vessels for offshore wind farms and have also produced wind turbine blades.
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...