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.

Real world data

Posted on 12/07/2010 by hugh

Here is a site with some real world kWh per month as generated by Eoltec, Proven and Bergey machines in the UK. Data uploaded by users. http://www.renew-reuse-recycle.com/ Direct link to spreadsheet

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Courses in England and nearby

Posted on 25/06/2010 by hugh

Some course dates in England for imminent courses that I will not be teaching but they are based on my design: V3 are doing the following: Introduction to Building a Wind Turbine -Weekend Course16th – 18th July, Workhouse, Wales How … Continue reading →

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Blade hub question

Posted on 22/06/2010 by hugh

Hercule writes: Hello I’m trying to sketch in CAD the blades for a 3m turbine using your 2009 metric recipe book (I’m enjoying the read so far). For some reason I am getting an overlap of 76mm (see image attached). … Continue reading →

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Galvanised disks

Posted on 16/06/2010 by hugh

I have just received a batch of galvanized disks for making magnet rotors. Some ten 300 mm diameters and a pair of 660 mm for my big windmill. No more rusty magnet rotors! It cost me 64 pence per kg, … Continue reading →

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Bike pedal power project at school

Posted on 14/06/2010 by hugh

Here is a nice video from Delaware about a bike using the axial flux alternator for a school class project.

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Videos of French courses

Posted on 11/06/2010 by hugh

I have just produced a video of the course in Normandy in April, building a 3.6 metre (12 foot) battery charger and a couple of smaller machines. I was helping Thomas Plassard and Tripalium with this course for CIER Patrick … Continue reading →

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Siting of small VAWT turbines in the UK

Posted on 06/06/2010 by hugh

Factors affecting the success of a wind turbine are :reliability, windspeed, swept area, cost and efficiency. I found a Quiet Revoluiton QR5 turbine at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh and I am checking out these criteria. There is a good … Continue reading →

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Scoraig wind turbine workshop 2010 video

Posted on 30/05/2010 by hugh

I have uploaded a video of the latest workshop here It was a fully international group with no UK residents involved at all.We built and tested a 3 metre diameter turbine and it produced 6-700 watts peak.

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Another windmill born in Mozambique

Posted on 21/05/2010 by hugh

Jason Morenikeji THE CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE Mozambique more here

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new updates for Recipe book

Posted on 21/05/2010 by hugh

Here are some of the new diagrams. see more here

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