Category Archives: People

Comet ME videos from the Middle East

Posted on 14/05/2010 by hugh

Tiny little video of the activity in COMET:http://www.youtube.com/user/CometMiddleEast YouTube – CometMiddleEast’s Channel www.youtube.com also nowMSNBC nightly news video

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The Italian job

Posted on 03/05/2010 by hugh

Yikes these guys are going to win the prize for style! Mact Engineering61122 Villa Fastiggi Pesaro ITALY

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More videos of people making wind turbines

Posted on 26/04/2010 by hugh

Winding coils in France using Eddy’s tensioner by Hugh (Scoraigwind) Building two 1200 mm diameter turbines in France by Hugh (Scoraigwind) V3 in Sheffield with Engineers Without Bordersvideos by Robin Lovelace

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Picture diary from Leucate France

Posted on 25/04/2010 by hugh

Lots of nice photos from the Leucate course in the south of France on a clifftop in an abandoned communications base near a lighthouse. There is a page dedicated to the small 1200 diameter turbine (watch out it rotates to … Continue reading →

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pdf drawings of how to build a wind turbine

Posted on 21/04/2010 by hugh

Piet Willem Chevalier writes I posted my drawings on my site that helped me allot explain to the local malians how to make the wind turbine. Please tell others who might be interested in it for training purposes in developing … Continue reading →

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Recipe book axial wind turbine plans now translated into Spanish

Posted on 18/04/2010 by hugh

Bajatec are now selling the my metric axial plans in Spanish The Hungarian translation is nearly ready too.

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Coil winder made from 5 mm steel sheet

Posted on 14/04/2010 by hugh

Noam Dotan writes: Hello Hugh. While making the laser cut for the new turbine, we have decided to spoil ourselves and cut the parts for the coil winder from 5 mm metal sheet. We made the coils yesterday and they … Continue reading →

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One way to erect a wind turbine

Posted on 30/03/2010 by hugh

Don’t try this at home, folks! Ian Woofenden and Kelly Keilwitz assembling an ARE 442 turbine on a 120 foot free standing monopole tower. Some people have all the fun.

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Nice homebrew grid connected project

Posted on 19/03/2010 by hugh

Karl writes: I registered with the Npower ‘juice’ green electrity tarrif and told them i had a wind turbine i would like to connect to the grid. They sent the forms to register asking what make the turbine was and … Continue reading →

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More photos from Mali

Posted on 19/03/2010 by hugh

Thanks to Roland for these pictures.

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