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Grid-tied 2F windmill self-construction project with Jonathan in Austria

Posted on 05/07/2017 by hugh

Small wind turbine Do-It-Yourself Workshop incl. Installation Windmill type:  2F 16p piggott (2m rotor, grid feeding) Location:  FH Technikum / Energieforschungspark Lichtenegg Participants:  15 people Country:  Austria Date:  Spring 2017 The machine is currently under test alongside some larger ones and doing well. For an ebook with … Continue reading →

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Build a Small Wind Turbine with Kostas Latoufis in Portugal August

Posted on 18/06/2017 by hugh

One Week Course: Build a Small Wind Turbine with Kostas Latoufis August 21 to 27 2017, Montemor-o-Novo, Alentejo, Portugal The wind turbines built in the workshops are based on the designs of Hugh Piggott, a renewable energy expert living in … Continue reading →

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TALLER DE FABRICACIÓN DE AEROGENERADORES Argentina

Posted on 16/06/2017 by hugh

TALLER DE FABRICACIÓN DE AEROGENERADORES / CÓRDOBA 2017 Evento que se celebrará a la hora, en la fecha y ubicación siguientes: Sábado, 24 de junio de 2017 a las 09:00 – hasta – Domingo, 25 de junio de 2017 a … Continue reading →

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Scoraig 2017 wind turbine workshop photos

Posted on 22/04/2017 by hugh

On this year’s course we built a 2F machine but with 16 magnets instead of the usual 12.  I have a cheap source of these smaller magnets.  The 2F is a “2 metre diameter Ferrite magnet wind turbine” which is … Continue reading →

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Still time to get a place on the Scoraig Workshop 15th April

Posted on 28/02/2017 by hugh

I will be holding a wind turbine building workshop here at my home on Scoraig from 15th-22nd April 2017.   Kostas Latoufis will be helping me this year.  Most of the places are taken but there is just room for one more, … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine workshop in North Carolina, USA

Posted on 28/01/2017 by hugh

Handy Village Institute, 5840 Jewell Road, Graham, NC 27253 are hosting a wind turbine building workshop with Dan Bartmann of Otherpower March 20 – 25, 2017.

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HOMEBREW WIND POWER WORKSHOPS — NORTH CAROLINA, OCT – NOV 2016

Posted on 23/08/2016 by hugh

Wind Turbine Design and Construction Workshop – October 31 – November 5, 2016 – at the Handy Village Institute, Graham, North Carolina ALSO: Wind Turbine Towers Workshop – November 7 – 12, 2016 – at the Handy Village Institute, Graham, … Continue reading →

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21-30th October: “Build a small wind turbine” construction course in Nea Makri, Greece

Posted on 02/08/2016 by hugh

Kostas is holding another course near Athens in October.  The course will be held in English and it follows the usual pattern – predominantly practical work learning new skills and gaining a deeper understanding of the concepts.  More here

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Workshop story from TU Delft

Posted on 29/07/2016 by hugh

Here’s a nice concise description of a course run by Tripalium in France using my design. Students from TU Delft Energy Club went to France for a practical workshop. They came back with a working wind turbine that they now want … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine workshop in Sweden

Posted on 02/07/2016 by hugh

Marie-Laure Brunel, a Tripalium trainer with 6 years’ practical experience in the Piggott method, will guide you through all the steps of the crafting process. more here…….

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