Category Archives: courses

Hand Built Wind Turbine Courses with V3 Power Co-op

Posted on 25/01/2016 by hugh

16th-17th April. £225. Organiclea, London 23rd-24th April. £225. Demand Energy Equality workspace, Bristol. 21st-22nd May 2016 – Hand Built Wind Turbine Course – at The Forge, Edinburgh For more information and to book a place visit: http://v3power.co.uk/public-courses/ Get hands-on experience … Continue reading →

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Hands on workshop in Costa Rica

Posted on 17/01/2016 by hugh

Ian Woofenden has decades of experience living off-grid and teaching workshops. Renewable Energy for the Developing World  Costa Rica – April 2-10, 2016 This workshop provides an introduction to all the major renewable energy technologies with a focus on designing and … Continue reading →

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Build your own windmill workshop course on Scoraig April 23rd 2016

Posted on 25/11/2015 by hugh

I am planning to hold a course here on Scoraig in April.  We’ll build and test a wind turbine as usual.  Accommodation is provided from Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th April 2016.  These will be the arrival and departure days.  The … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Build your own windmill workshop course on Scoraig April 18th 2015

Posted on 18/11/2014 by hugh

I am planning to hold a course here on Scoraig in April.  We’ll build and test a wind turbine as usual.  Accommodation is provided from Saturday 18th to Saturday 25th April 2015.  These will be the arrival and departure days.  … Continue reading →

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