{"id":21892,"date":"2026-02-26T09:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/kitepower\/?page_id=21892"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:31:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thekitepower.com\/nl\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Het ontstaan van Kitepower<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Kitepower was founded by Johannes Peschel and Roland Schmehl in January 2016 as a result of the work done by TU Delft\u2019s pioneering kite power research group of the former astronaut Wubbo Ockels. Research in kite power generation was initiated by Wubbo Ockels in 1993, followed by a patent application for the Laddermill technology in 1997. Already in 2007, the first 20kW Kitepower system demonstrated the proof of concept. Currently, Kitepower is developing one of the first containerised on-shore AWES to enter the market. With all sorts of milestones up to now and a recent leadership change in 2025 where Johannes Peschel stepped down as CEO and Pieter Willems took over his role, Kitepower is ready for the next decade of innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kitepower is a registered trademark of Enevate BV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The origin of Kitepower Kitepower was founded by Johannes Peschel and Roland Schmehl in January 2016 as a result of the work done by TU Delft\u2019s pioneering kite power research group of the former astronaut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21993,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21892","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About - 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