Category Archives: Books

Completísimo manual para el autoconstructor de equipos de energía eólica

Posted on 08/01/2012 by hugh

Thanks to John Furze in Denmark I found this lovely manual for building small wind turbines  “Energia Eolica” – Juan Ignacio and Sebastian Urquia Lus, published in 1982. You can download it here Unfortunately I don’t know Spanish so I … Continue reading →

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Step by step guide to welding a 2400 mm diameter Recipe turbine

Posted on 26/12/2011 by hugh

About 6 months ago I prepared a 12 page document with some step by step drawings and  instructions for welding together the steel frame for just one of the wind turbines in my Recipe book. You can download it by … Continue reading →

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Heat pump book

Posted on 28/11/2011 by hugh

John Cantor has been around heat pumps a while, so what he has to say is going to be worth looking at if you want to understand the subject. Heat Pumps for the Home. Author John Cantor Illustrator Gavin Harper … Continue reading →

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2011 edition of the Wind Turbine Recipe Book

Posted on 10/09/2011 by hugh

Three years ago I produced a book of wind turbine designs to supercede my previous book “How to Build a wind Turbine”.  The new “Recipe book” explains in detail how to build six different sizes of wind turbine in any … Continue reading →

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Recipe Book updates

Posted on 26/05/2011 by hugh

I have been active updating my Recipe Book lately. Check out the updates page for details

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PDF book about electricity supplies in Africa

Posted on 26/05/2011 by hugh

Energy for Radio – A Guide for Practitioners Michael Bycroft “Energy for radio” is a guide to energy management for community radio stations. It supports radio managers and operators as they tackle the energy issue at their station, helping to … Continue reading →

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Windpower Workshop video

Posted on 19/04/2011 by hugh

In this video I am talking about the new edition of my book “Windpower Workshop” The video was shot and edited by Centre for Alternative Technology.  Thanks.

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Recipe Book now translated into German

Posted on 06/01/2011 by hugh

„Drei Flügel im Wind – Eine Selbstbauanleitung für Kleinwindturbinen“ Herausgeber: GREEN STEP e.V. , Wolfratshausen Gewinn fließt in erneuerbare Energie Entwicklungsprojekte in Kamerun Sie wollten schon immer mal eine Windturbine bauen? Ihr Zögling plagt Sie mit Fragen, wie das mit … Continue reading →

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Damage to yaw head in Palestine

Posted on 16/12/2010 by hugh

This is the tower after a 3 metre diameter (ten foot) turbine jumped off in reported 120 km/h winds in Palestine recently.  The 1.5 inch inner pipe of the yaw bearing has clearly bent.  COMET-ME will be using a larger … Continue reading →

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Recipe book translated into Swahili

Posted on 04/12/2010 by hugh

by Anthony Karomba & Roland Valckenborg “After giving the master class on Hugh Piggott wind turbines in Tanzania, it was recognized by the participants that not everybody is familiar with the English language. During the master class this was not … Continue reading →

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