Category Archives: courses

Low cost workshop course in Ireland

I am off to Ireland soon to help teach a course with Jimmy and Miriam of Eirbyte in Leitrim.  The course runs from 18th – 23rd June near Keshcarrigan This will be a practical hands-on week of workshop time, running … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses | Leave a comment

Fundy Solar building Recipe wind turbines in Canada

The full story is here “We also lead workshops on how to build these machines. If you are interested in owning one, a workshop is the best way to learn the ins and outs of maintenance, performance and monitoring. It … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, People | 1 Comment

Photos of the Scoraig wind turbine building workshop

Participants: 6 (Robert, Jonathan, Kostas, Benji, Yanti and Kern) Dates: 5-12 May 2012  Location: Scoraig. Project: 3 metre machine using ferrite/ceramic magnets at 24VDC Poles: 10, (3 magnet blocks 50 x 50 x 20 per pole) Coils: 12 (37 turns … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, ferrite magnets, my own projects, Scoraig | 17 Comments

Upcoming course in Ireland

On 18th June I will be joining Jimmy and Miriam of Eirbyte for another fun workshop course.  Facebook page is here.  More information here. Here is a video of a previous workshop with Eirbyte: See this page for a calendar … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, Video links | 2 Comments

Turbike.org

Turbike.org documents the progress of Sean Callagy‘s pedal powered alternator project in Ireland. Anyone who is trying to build a pedal powered generator should find this site interesting. The project is based on an alternator that we built with Eirbyte … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, Notices, pedal power, People | 3 Comments

Workshop Course on Scoraig in May

WHAT A hands-on wind turbine building workshop with Hugh Piggott.  These courses have been held since 2001, with small groups around 5-8 people building a wind turbine over a period of six days and testing it.  Activities include carving blades … Continue reading

Posted in courses, Notices, Scoraig | 5 Comments

Next year in Washington state

I’ll be teaching a “Homebuilt Wind Turbines” workshop course for Solar energy International on Guemes Island WA next October 15-20th 2012. This will be the sixth event of this name.  You can find some photo diaries and videos of previous … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, Notices, Video links | 3 Comments

Curso de Fabricación de Aerogeneradores de Baja Potencia

500rpm in Argentina are running a course for wind turbine construction Download pdf http://www.500rpm.org/detalle_noticia_rpm.php?ID=233

Posted in construction, courses, Notices, People | 3 Comments

Workshop in Estonia

Criss and Madis who joined my workshop here at Scoraig last year have done a workshop at home is Estonia.  Here they are installing the 3 metre turbine on an existing wind site: You can see photos of the course … Continue reading

Posted in construction, courses, People | Leave a comment

1200mm wind turbine workshop at Eirbyte

Don’t miss the Irish pipe music and some clever construction ideas. Eirbyte is here.

Posted in construction, courses, Video links | Leave a comment