First International Workshop on
Modelling and Optimization of Power Generating Kites
(KITE-OPT 07)

Leuven, January 30, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Optimization in Engineering Center (OPTEC), K.U.Leuven,
Room 00.62, ESAT-Building,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee,
Belgium

Aim of the one day workshop is to bring together experts and enthusiasts for a new class of large scale wind power generator based on tethered airfoils that has the potential to significantly increase the contribution of renewables to the global electricity supply. In particular, modelling, simulation, control and optimization methods shall be discussed, and first experiments with existing small scale prototypes shall be discussed.
Two keynote lectures are given by W. Ockels (Delft Technical University) and M. Milanese (Politecnico di Torino).

This is an official event of the Sustainable Energy Europe (SEE) Campaign.
See also http://www.sustenergy.org/ and SEE Campaign animation (requires flash plugin).

The workshop is sponsored by ICCoS (Identification and Control of Complex Systems), a Scientific Research Network of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen)


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Prof. Moritz Diehl
Optimization in Engineering Center (OPTEC) and
Electrical Engineering Departments (ESAT)
K.U. Leuven
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001 Leuven-Heverlee,
Belgium
E-mail: moritz.diehl@esat.kuleuven.be
Phone: +32-16-321884

Andreas Ilzhoefer
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR),
University of Heidelberg,
INF 368, Room 409, 69120 Heidelberg,
Germany
email: andreas.ilzhoefer@web.de
Phone: +49-6221-54-8830

Boris Houska
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR),
University of Heidelberg,
INF 368, Room 409, 69120 Heidelberg,
Germany
email: boris.houska@gmx.de
Phone: +49-6221-54-8830

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