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From PN-14 to Venyo (PN-14): New Name, New Chapter  

The name of our pioneering PN-14 airborne wind energy system has officially changed to Venyo (PN-14). Here's why.

SkySails Power – Innovation aus dem Norden. Von Deutschland für die Welt.

Am 22.3.24 präsentierte SkySails Power einen bedeutenden Meilenstein für die Höhenwindenergie: die erste extern validierte Leistungskurve. SkySails liefert damit als erstes Unternehmen weltweit den Beweis für die Leistungsfähigkeit und das immense Potenzial der Technologie.

Generating energy with flying kites – Stephan Wrage in an interview with Tim Frühling

In keeping with the stormy weather on the day of hr’s “all weather” broadcast, host Tim Frühling interviewed our Stephan Wrage to learn how energy is generated with a flying kite.

Revolutionary Airborne Wind Energy System in Operation in the Republic of Mauritius

A revolutionary new technology for green power supply has taken off on the island of Mauritius: A kite of 120 m² flies over the sugar cane fields of the island in the Indian Ocean to harness the wind in several hundred meters of altitude.

Research project SkyPower100 successfully completed

SkyPower100 is the world’s most comprehensive project to demonstrate an automated airborne wind energy system. Since 2019, an airborne wind energy system with kites of up to 120 m² has been in operation within the project in Klixbuell/Schleswig-Holstein. This makes Klixbuell the site with by far the longest operating experience of airborne wind energy systems worldwide.

SkySails Group divests division for ship performance optimization

The SkySails Group GmbH has sold the SkySails Marine Performance GmbH to a consortium from the shipping industry. The new company will continue business as of now under the new name of Albis Marine Performance GmbH.

Robert Habeck testet Flugwindkraftanlage

Robert Habeck, Bundesvorsitzender Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, informiert sich in KLixbüll über die Höhenwind-Technologie.

Dr. Bernd Althusmann besucht Produktion

Dr. Bernd Althusmann, Abgeordneter des Niedersächsischen Landtags, besucht Produktionsstätte von innovativen Flugwindkraftanlagen in Seevetal

BWTS GmbH becomes new service partner

BWTS GmbH and SkySails Power GmbH sign service partnership agreement for trendsetting airborne wind energy systems.

SkySails Power will be shipping first unit this week creating new jobs at sites in northern Germany

SkySails Power is ready to deliver the first PN-14 airborne wind energy systems. The first unit of this pre-series will be shipped to Asia from the port of Hamburg this week.

RWE and SkySails collaboration

RWE Renewables GmbH and SkySails Power GmbH are planning to fly a 120 m² kite to a height of up to 400 meters above ground to utilise high-altitude winds for generating electricity.

Kite Power For Mauritius

Wind power 2.0: A Revolutionary airborne wind energy system to provide green power to the Republic of Mauritius, starting 2021.

Jan Philipp Albrecht besucht die erste Anlage

Eine neue innovative Form der Windkraft ist derzeit in Schleswig-Holstein, dem Geburtsland der Windenergie, in Betrieb. Jan Philipp Albrecht, Minister für Energiewende des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, besucht erstmals die Anlage.

Wind power of the future

Germany’s first airborne wind energy system successfully avaluated according to aviation law

Installation SkySails Power

SkySails Power has successfully installed its airborne wind energy pilot system at the project site in Northern Germany.

SkySails at Zermatt Summit 2019

During the Zermatt Summit, Stephan Wrage gave an interview to CNN Money.