Author Archives: hugh

About hugh

I live off-grid in NW Scotland and have spent my life playing with wind turbines. I also love small hydros. Hands on renewable energy is my thing and I like to learn and to share my experiences.

V3 Power – parts and turbines for sale – job opportunity too

Posted on 08/08/2015 by hugh

V3 Power have been teaching courses around the UK and beyond for many years and also offer wind turbine parts and even complete machines for sale. Job opportunity with V3 Power We are looking for someone to join our cooperative! We … Continue reading →

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Workshop stories

Posted on 06/08/2015 by hugh

Here are three stories of recent workshop courses using my designs.  Click on the photos or the country names to find the stories. One is in Germany, led by Jonathan Schrieber   The next is in Greece, led by Kostas … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine course in Kildare 22nd August

Posted on 25/07/2015 by hugh

For bookings and further information please contact: Grangebeg Camphill Community Park Lane Near Dunlavin Co. Kildare Ireland Phone: 045 406050 Mobile: 087 9285140

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Battery storage on the grid

Posted on 07/07/2015 by hugh

My friend Ian Woofenden has this to say about using batteries on the grid: Tesla Battery Perspective There’s been a lot of buzz recently about the Tesla battery. My attitude and ideas toward it are tempered by 30+ years of … Continue reading →

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Estonia workshop

Posted on 25/06/2015 by hugh

Here are some photos of a recent workshop in Estonia.  They built a 3.6 metre grid tied machine from the Recipes. More galleries are here: ONE  TWO  THREE “We are happy to report that we have successfully finished another course here … Continue reading →

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Secondhand Proven 6kW turbines

Posted on 09/05/2015 by hugh

Sangster Electrical in Fearn have a number of secondhand Proven 6kW wind turbines available.  Call 01862 832683 for details.

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Scoraig wind turbine workshop 2015

Posted on 02/05/2015 by hugh

We built a 2F machine last week here at Scoraig.  There were 6 guys in the crew plus me. Ghalib, Hugh, Brian, Svend, Brian, Laurence and Lukas. Some photos of the sunny week.   Thanks to the guys for sharing photos…. … Continue reading →

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2.4m machine on test in Greece

Posted on 18/04/2015 by hugh

Kostas sent me a power curve and a video of a 2.4m machine constructed from my 2005 publication “How to Build a Wind turbine”from the NTUA test site in Rafina . It’s similar to the same size model in my Recipe … Continue reading →

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Nepal Turbine Documentary

Posted on 14/03/2015 by hugh

Dear Mr. Piggot, I am the director for a feature documentary about Tashi Bista and his dream to install a wind turbine in Namdok, a remote village nestled in Upper Mustang, Nepal. Tashi used your recipe book throughout the entire … Continue reading →

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Courses are busy

Posted on 06/03/2015 by hugh

My course in April is nearly fully booked now.  Just one place left maybe.  But there are a lot of other courses happening in the near future. Tripalium in France are always busy with one course after another. Los Portales … Continue reading →

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