High-altitude wind power is heating up more than 50 companies around the world are engaged in related research and development

Relevant data show that the density of wind energy at high altitude is ten to 100 times
that of wind energy at low altitude.
For this reason, high-altitude wind power has also attracted great interest
from all parties.
Up to now, more than 50 companies around the world are engaged in high-altitude wind power related research and development
.

In recent years, many companies in developed countries such as Europe and the United States have made frequent moves in this field of technology research and development, wanting to share the "big cake"
of high-altitude wind power.
In 2016, the EU Seventh R&D Framework Plan (FP7) provided 2 million euros, with a total R&D investment of 3 million euros, by 7 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises of wind power equipment in the 6 member states of the EU and associated countries Portugal, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Croatia, and the scientific and technological community formed the European HAWE R&D team, which began to engage in the research and development of high-altitude wind power technology since October 2010, and has made phased progress
.

Compared with Europe, China has also made a series of progress
in this field.
As early as the beginning of last year, Huayi Electric announced that it signed an investment letter of intent with KiteGenVenture S.
p.
A.
, an Italian high-altitude wind power technology company, in Turin, Italy, including a 3 million euro equity investment in Italian KGV and the establishment of a joint venture between the two parties in China
.
At the same time, China also has the first company in Asia engaged in high-altitude wind energy technology research and development - Guangdong High-altitude Wind Energy Technology Co.
, Ltd.

At present, the company has launched the "Tianfeng" technology solution, which is a complete set of new wind power generation technology using high-altitude wind resources for power generation
.

In addition, at the policy level, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the "Energy Technology Revolution Innovation Action Plan (2016~2030)" and "Energy Technology Revolution Key Innovation Action Roadmap" also put the research and development of high-altitude wind power related technologies on the agenda and clarify their development routes
.
The above documents clearly put forward that by 2020, China will form a complete set of wind power generation technology at an altitude of 200~300 meters, and obtain practical application
in 2030.

With the support and promotion of policies, domestic enterprises are paying more and more attention to high-altitude wind power
.
Industry experts said that high-altitude wind power objectively overcomes the "defects"
of traditional wind power such as the lack of power grid construction caused by the arbitrariness of wind volume, volatility and geographical location.
With the promotion of domestic and foreign market demand, the market scale of high-altitude wind power station construction is difficult to estimate
.