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 now
MSNBC nightly news video

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Rooftop nonsense in Paris

Posted on 11/05/2010 by hugh


Rooftop nonsense is alive and well in France. See this article from Paul Gipe

It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry that these guys get public acclaim for wildly oversold nonsense.

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More videos of people making wind turbines

Posted on 26/04/2010 by hugh
by Hugh (Scoraigwind)

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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 the left or counter-clockwise as it is known in the USA)

Also some details of an interesting wire tensioner invented by Eddy of Tripalium. We managed to get all the coils identical and the right size to fit exactly in the stator. (This also involved some experimenting with different thickness shims.)

I am working on some video footage. I also taught a second course in Normandy, also with Tripalium, straight after, so I am a bit overloaded with material right now. And trying to get home but have to go to a conference in Glasgow instead.

too much fun…

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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 countries, that they can download it from here .

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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 cam nice and easy. Attached are few images of the parts and an AutoCad drawing of the part. The narrow slot is for the start and end wire. The wide slot is for the adhesive tape to hold the coil before opening the winder front part. The longer screw is to hold the start and end wires so one person can do the whole thing by himself. The spacing between the two parts is maintain by copper or brass 10 mm OD pipe that is cut to 10 mm length and inserted on the 8 mm screws. One can weld the screws head to the back part of the winder, so they stay in place and thus to take it apart you need to open only the middle screw nut. We cover the edges of the metal parts with tape so it will not harm the copper wire while winding It might be an overkill for a workshop but if you make quite few of them coils it is really more easy and the end result is nice. All the best. Noam

More about wind turbines in Palestine in this article.

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When the wind stops

Posted on 03/04/2010 by hugh


Vivek Mundkur writes:

Hi Hugh

I got hold of 100 LED modules and lit them up with the pedal generator.
With effortless pedalling they work. I could light up 100 more I think. Each LED takes only 0.72 watts power but gives as much light as a 15 watt incandescent bulb.

Cheers

Vivek

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Last minute chance for the Feed in Tariff without MCS

Posted on 22/03/2010 by hugh

MORE FROM KARL …

Hi

Yes i am on the FIT because i registered before the end of March under the existing Renewable Obligation Scheme. When i asked Ofgem they said :-


As of 1 April 2010, microgenerators in the following technologies to be covered by FITs will not be eligible for support under the RO:

• Anaerobic Digestion
• Hydro
• Solar PV
• Wind

Microgenerators in these technologies who have applied for accreditation under the RO on or before 31 March 2010 will have this accreditation transferred to the FITs scheme. In the case of wind, hydro and solar PV microgenerators transferring from the RO, they will not be required to meet the MCS accreditation requirements for new microgenerators in these technologies.

However, all microgenerators transferring from the RO will still need to find a supplier in order to access FITs. Generators will need to find a supplier within 6 months of the start of the FITs scheme (i.e. before 1 October 2010) in order to avoid any interruption to their support.


It looks like there is still time for people to get on the FIT if they can apply under the RO scheme and get it sorted out within the next week. It looks like its just for the ‘big boys’ after that.

Karl

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New video of my latest welding project – the 3600 recipe

Posted on 19/03/2010 by hugh


Plans to build this wind turbine here.

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