Category Archives: courses

The first ever wind turbine build completely by people with a disability

Posted on 16/09/2011 by hugh

I Love Windpower – Tanzania are working with Yombo secondary school for people with a disability  to build one turbine of the type ‘Piggott – 3 meter’ plus assemblies and parts, which will be used for the next ordered turbine. “It … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine construction workshops in Athens

Posted on 09/09/2011 by hugh

Nea Guinea (neaguinea.org), is a collective in Athens, Greece “On the renewable energy workshop we organize two kinds of workshops, one on the construction of DIY PV panels and the design and installation of small scale hybrid systems and one … Continue reading →

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Otherpower workshop at Buckville CO

Posted on 18/06/2011 by hugh

For those of you who do not read the Otherpower discussion board at Fieldlines, well, you should. Here is a recent posting about a workshop at Buckville CO.   Dan Bartmann, George and Scottie guided a small group to build an … Continue reading →

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Furling turbine video

Posted on 12/06/2011 by hugh

Here is a video of the machine that we erected at the end of the workshop in May.  It shows the tail furling as the gusts hit the 3 metre turbine on  a low tower in turbulence.  At one point … Continue reading →

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Scoraig course 2011 photo diary

Posted on 04/06/2011 by hugh

I made some pages about the recent workshop course here at my home on Scoraig last month. Overview Blade Magnet placement Coil winding Assembly Testing The next workshop course will be at CAT in Wales on 28th August. After that … Continue reading →

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20 – 23 May 2011, Holland

Posted on 08/05/2011 by hugh

How to build your own wind turbine workshop A 4 day workshop is going to be given starting from 20 May in Helvoirt, The Netherlands. During this hands-on workshop a 3 [m] rotor diameter wind turbine will be made by … Continue reading →

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Small wind turbine workshop in Belgium with Tripalium Jay Hudnall

Posted on 09/04/2011 by hugh

Wind turbine construction workshop course at Périple en la Demeure in Belgium with Jay Hudnall of Tripalium / Ti’eole and Vincent Judalet from ÉolSenegal.   Périple D is both a school and a brewery – a good combination for our purposes. … Continue reading →

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Apprendre à fabriquer une éolienne avec Hugh Piggott

Posted on 19/02/2011 by hugh

Lundi 4 au vendredi 8 avril 2011 Stage hébergé et avec la participation de Périple en la Demeure à Limerlé, Belgique TRIPALIUM est une association qui a pour but de diffuser les moyens et les savoirs faire techniques nécessaires à … Continue reading →

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Bath University Wind Turbine Build

Posted on 17/02/2011 by hugh

Engineers Without Borders at Bath University are doing a workshop with V3 and publishing a blog about it here Ben Lane writes: I am currently a masters student at the University of Bath and we are currently in the middle … Continue reading →

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MST Wind Turbine School – Itapeva Brazil

Posted on 04/02/2011 by hugh

These guys are using my older 2005 design but they are passionate about the project.

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