
LINKSFOR WINDPOWERlisted concisely |
BOOKSALL MY BOOKSHow to get them |
PLANSLATEST RECIPESall languages |
COURSESDIARIES AND CALENDARLots of pictures and stories |
OLDERSTUFFDOWNLOADS |
ROOFTOPMADNESScontinues |
FEATURED LINKSITEMS THAT I CHOSEno commercial interest |
DEVELOPING WORLDINTERNATIONAL |
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STUFFYOU NEEDPARTS |
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New 2008 'recipe book' edition now available with metric units only in English, Italian and Dutch (see below for translations) ![]() UPDATES HERE FOR READERS OF THE EARLY EDITIONS OF THE RECIPE BOOK The 2005 edition of the plans is in both metric and inches units, and in many languages: ![]() "i read it thoroughly.wonderful book.crystal clear." TRANSLATIONS (BUY DIRECT FROM THESE LINKS) FR Comment constuire Une Eollienne French IT Come costruire un generatore eolico Soluzioni per turbine eoliche Italian CÓMO CONSTRUIR UN GENERADOR EÓLICO ![]() Spanish Windturbine Receptenboek ![]() Dutch translation Jak zbudowac Elekrownie Wiatrowa Przeklad: Stanislaw Blankenstein ![]() Polish translation ROMANIAN Cum sa-ti construiesti singur o eoliana ![]() http://aerosolar.ro/product_info.php?products_id=203 |
Courses newsweekend sessions in Ireland Next year's course in Washington State USA April
13 - 18, 2009
![]() Pictures of my trip to blueEnergy in Nicaragua ![]() more chainsaw fun with Niall Crann Og Wind Turbine filmed for national TV A video of the filming process ![]() How to Build a Wind Turbine a Workshop with Hugh Piggott at Crann Og Gort Co Galway September 2008 |
CONTACT Email me at: hugh@scoraigwind.co.uk Or (if you must) send snail mail to: Mobile/cellphone number I respond much quicker to e-mail
than to letters! (SPAM SETTINGS Please make sure your spam
settings allow me to
reply
to your question!! It is very frustrating to spend maybe 20
minutes
writing a helpful reply and then to find that I cannot even contact you
because you have such paranoid spam settings.)
"I recently
purchased your June 2005
edition
of
"How to build a wind turbine". It arrived just last week and I read
through
it from cover to cover that very day. You are to be congratulated for
the
amount of detail, hints and information this manual contains. I can
certainly
understand the amount of work (and tears), to put this sort of
information
into a manual. One of the best 'how to' books I've ever read (and I
have
a few). " "Choosing Windpower" from CAT publications (October 2006) (replaces my older booklet "It's a Breeze" from CAT) "Logical and readable style that cuts
straight through the jargon" - WindirectionsDescriptionChoosing Windpower is the definitive guide for any ecologically-minded person who wants to generate electricity off the grid using windpower. As a variable and at present expensive option of electricity generation for a household, the book deals with a 'stand-alone system' for those in remote areas who wish to slash the environmental and monetary costs incurred by diesel generation. With sections on assessing your needs, the electrical ins and outs of wind turbines, where to site the turbines and finally how to go about setting up a turbine, the book is a valuable reference point for all those with no access to mains electricity.Learn how to assess your power needs and find out whether wind power is right for you. Choosing Windpower is the brand new edition of 'It's a Breeze', brought up to date with full revisions.
![]() wyfsd My FAQ A collection of answers to emails about windpower and some specific questions about my windmill plans and construction techniques. (October 2006)
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this front page onto other pages, linked below (left hand boxes link to separate large pages with information and pictures.) This format should help you to see what is new if you are returning to the site. All the stuff that was here before is still there, if you click Home built windpower news page However a lot of people seem to be unable to find it from what I am hearing :-( See also my new links section at the end of this page. |
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Gaia
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turbine from Denmark (see also ) Now also in the UK
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![]() ![]() Wind measurement services, and some interesting analysis of shelter effects (click on image) ![]() |
Cheap wind datalogger from Logic Energy Ltd. ![]() |
Welcome to Windgen Power. We are a new website, dedicated to alternative energy, whether it be Wind, Solar or Water power. |
Windsurvey.co.uk local wind survey equipment If you're thinking about installing a small or medium-sized wind generator at your home or business, it makes sense to find out as much as possible about the wind conditions at the proposed generator site, so as to have some idea of how much power you can expect. |
Otherpower/ForcefieldSets of ten foot blades, magnets, tempates, books etc. These guys have several good web sites. Homebrew renewable energy: www.otherpower.com Fun with magnets and magnetism: www.wondermagnet.com Online shopping cart: www.forcefieldmagnets.com Renewable energy discussion forum: www.fieldlines.com |
Homebrew wind
turbine parts in the USA![]() Complete 10 foot axial flux wind turbine kit (USA) $1800 from forcefield user manual |
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GREEN STEP e.V. is a young German non profit organization working to improve the living standard of the rural poor in developing region with environmental friendly technology. In their pilotproject in M'muock, Cameroon they train 10 local craftsmen to build small scale wind- and waterturbines from mainly locally available material for energy production. |
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picture? Rooftop wind turbine madness in the UK. (Picture from Paul Gipe's site.) The Ampair perspective New Energy Focus report Dutch small wind turbine trial suffers low wind speeds ![]() HAWTs generally score much better than VAWTs in this test but there are exceptions, notably the Swift (shown right) which seems to me to be a bit of a disaster - a shame considering what nice people they are, and near to my home town of Edinburgh. A new Carbon Trust study into the potential of small-scale wind energy has found that small wind turbines could provide up to 1.5 Terawatt Hours (TWh) per year of electricity (0.4% of total UK electricity consumption) and 0.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) emission savings. This is based on 10% of households installing turbines at costs competitive with grid electricity, which is currently around 12p per kWh. The study also indicates that for the UK as a whole, the majority of electricity and carbon savings are available from small turbines in rural areas - four times as much as urban areas irrespective of costs, and considerably more given economic drivers. This is mainly due to wind speeds generally being higher in rural areas. Turbines in some rural locations could provide cheaper electricity than the grid, but it appears that in many urban situations, roof-mounted turbines may not pay back their embedded carbon emissions. The report published today marks the culmination of 18 months research by the Met Office and Entec, and is partly intended for government policy makers. It makes important recommendations to improve existing policy measures, including that: • A criterion should be used in any new grant schemes to
measure
likely carbon savings. This is to help ensure grants are awarded
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installations which save reasonable amounts of carbon; and |
Rooftop windspeed measurements
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USA |
europe |
world |
blades |
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Forcefield
magnets 10 footer wooden blades David Moller makes 10' to 18' diameter wooden blades chinese from magnet4less |
variable pitch rotors in canada |
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complete
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future
energy |
hydrogenappliances
and windbluepower
and magnet4less |
new
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magnets |
powermagnetstore CERMAG |
wondermagnet/forcefield CMS magnetics Applied magnets |
Sweden |
Australia Japan china South Africa |
winding wire |
EC WIRE LTD (01924) 266 377 Percy Hawkins (01536) 523 229 Scientific Wire Co. |
wondermagnet/forcefield | Ireland ECWire tel 01 671 8754 |
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laser cut
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e-teq Scotland tel 01556 612128 EMSEA LTD Tel: 01684 299156 |
wondermagnet/forcefield |
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Trailer hubs
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www.meredithandeyre.co.uk Towsure www.breakeryard.com |
South
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Dump load controllers |
Scoraig Wind Electric Windgen |
morningstar |
Solar access |
Solar
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Ireland |
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Farnell |
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Glasplies polyfibre |
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Batt
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E-mail
me at:
hugh@scoraigwind.co.uk