Category Archives: construction

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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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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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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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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Hugh Piggott Wind Turbine Components

Posted on 19/01/2015 by hugh

V3 have been building my turbines for over 8 years and are able to provide full bespoke kits or separate components. Bespoke kits comprise a set of three hand-carved blades, alternator and mounting. The turbines can be installed as a … Continue reading →

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Dan Bartmann’s biggest homebrew project yet

Posted on 26/12/2014 by hugh

Dan Bartmann has been busy building bigger turbines in Chadron Nebraska… more info and a chance to ask questions here on the Otherpower discussion board

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3 new KD-reports

Posted on 21/12/2014 by hugh

[note: I have edited my remarks in response to some corrections sent by email] Adriaan has notified me of the following free reports that he has published (see below the diagram).  The axial flux design has a single magnet disk, … Continue reading →

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Homes needed for small wind turbines

Posted on 09/12/2014 by hugh

V3 write:- “We run courses building small DIY wind turbines, sometimes these courses are purely educational and the turbine built on the course does not have a home to go to. We want to get these turbines generating electricity so … Continue reading →

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Some video of my presentation

Posted on 07/12/2014 by hugh

Here is footage from the presentation I made for the Windempowerment Conference in Athens last month. Actually this is a backup that was not used at the conference as I was able to make the same presentation live (and said … Continue reading →

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