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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.

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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Comet ME videos from the Middle East

Posted on 14/05/2010 by hugh

Tiny little video of the activity in COMET:http://www.youtube.com/user/CometMiddleEast YouTube – CometMiddleEast’s Channel www.youtube.com also nowMSNBC nightly news video

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Rooftop nonsense in Paris

Posted on 11/05/2010 by hugh

Rooftop nonsense is alive and well in France. See this article from Paul Gipe It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry that these guys get public acclaim for wildly oversold nonsense. www.wind-works.orgelena energie

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The Italian job

Posted on 03/05/2010 by hugh

Yikes these guys are going to win the prize for style! Mact Engineering61122 Villa Fastiggi Pesaro ITALY

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More videos of people making wind turbines

Posted on 26/04/2010 by hugh

Winding coils in France using Eddy’s tensioner by Hugh (Scoraigwind) Building two 1200 mm diameter turbines in France by Hugh (Scoraigwind) V3 in Sheffield with Engineers Without Bordersvideos by Robin Lovelace

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Picture diary from Leucate France

Posted on 25/04/2010 by hugh

Lots of nice photos from the Leucate course in the south of France on a clifftop in an abandoned communications base near a lighthouse. There is a page dedicated to the small 1200 diameter turbine (watch out it rotates to … Continue reading →

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Warning…These magnets are Extremely Dangerous….

Posted on 24/04/2010 by hugh

Harold Graley sent me this: Warning…These magnets are Extremely Dangerous…. I was prying two Magnets apart when all of a suddon, the two magnets slammed together pinching my index finger between them… There was no one around to help me, … Continue reading →

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pdf drawings of how to build a wind turbine

Posted on 21/04/2010 by hugh

Piet Willem Chevalier writes I posted my drawings on my site that helped me allot explain to the local malians how to make the wind turbine. Please tell others who might be interested in it for training purposes in developing … Continue reading →

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