Category Archives: People

Jonathan’s German language blog

Posted on 07/08/2012 by hugh

Jonathan has asked me “if you can make a post on your blog and let the world know that there is a blog from austria for german readers about diy windmill development??” http://jonnyswindblog.wordpress.com/

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Comet -Me wind turbine and solar panel installation in Shaeb Al Buttum, Palestine

Posted on 22/07/2012 by hugh

Thanks to Noam Dotan of Comet-Me for this video link

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More photos from Uganda

Posted on 20/07/2012 by hugh

    Hello Hugh  The Great, Good Morning ? This is Samuel Agwotu With the Uganda Veterans Wind Power Initiative ,  it has been a while though, Just to get you updated, UVWPI , with UMEC (UGANDA MILITARY ENGINEERING COLLEGE) … Continue reading →

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More from Romania

Posted on 11/06/2012 by hugh

with Dan Paraipan See also here and here

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Willie Schmidt

Posted on 10/06/2012 by hugh

Willie Schmidt is building a 3 metre ferrite turbine in South Africa 12 ferrite magnets 75 x 50 mm (3 x 2 inches) 440 mm rotor diameter disk 250 turns (2 x 0.8mm dia wire) for a 36 volt battery … Continue reading →

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Fundy Solar building Recipe wind turbines in Canada

Posted on 06/06/2012 by hugh

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 →

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Paul Gipe reports further embarrassing mis-use of small wind turbines in the city…

Posted on 25/05/2012 by hugh

Reno Nevada Proves -Again that Small Urban Wind Produces Poor Results. “The City paid more than $20,000 for a Helix turbine, famous for other “worst turbine install in history” accomplishments, that generated an incredible 34 kWh in the two years … Continue reading →

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Making wooden blades with Max

Posted on 20/05/2012 by hugh

A well made video by Max ‘Menelaus’ of www.kleinwindanlagen.de showing how to shape blades using a bandsaw and power sander.  It’s also interesting to note the reduced number of steps in the process compared to the procedure in my Recipe … Continue reading →

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Jan Wolstenholme’s construction blog

Posted on 09/04/2012 by hugh

Some novel approaches to small wind turbine construction including setting coils in concrete… The Wind In The Wires home built off-grid windturbine adventures by Jan Wolsetenholme.

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Turbike.org

Posted on 06/04/2012 by hugh

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 →

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