Growth in high altitude wind

Explosive growth in high altitude wind energy

So below is a graph showing my tally of institutions, i.e. companies and universities, working actively on high altitude wind energy. I'm including Marine propulsion. When I have the time I'll try and do a similar thing for investment and for people employed. Note that the figure for 2010 will doubtless grow as I find out about projects that I have been hitherto ignorant of and as new projects get going.

Companies involved

Some key players in high altitude wind energy (alphabetic)

I thought this might be useful to give an overview of who is involved

Academic:

CCNR, Sussex University UK

ETH/FHNW, Switzerland

KU Leuven, Belgium

Rowan University, US

TU Delft, Netherlands

Universita di Torino, Italy

Commercial:

Aeroix, Germany

Alstom France/Switzerland

Ampyx Power, Netherlands
Joby Energy, US

KiteGen, Italy

SkyMill, US

KitEnergy, Italy

Makani Power, US

NTS, Germany

SkyWindPower, US

Windlift, US
Zhang Jianjun's Project, China

Marine:

KiteForSail, US

KiteVes, Italy

Skysails, Germany

Unconfirmed by companies concerned:

Vestas, Boeing