"How to build a wind turbine"

Workshop courses

A complete wind turbine will be built from scratch and erected.  Full drawings are provided as part of the course. 

I should stress that these courses are to teach you how to build a wind generator, so please do not expect that you will go home with a completed wind generator.

EWB Cardiff Wind Turbine Project Every year at EWB Cardiff we run a practical project to build something useful. The aim of the practical project is to have hands on experience of building a technology that can be used for human development. This year we are building a wind turbine following Hugh Piggott's design www.scoraigwind.com
French (stage en France en Francais) courses Livrée aux mille hurlants Aux voleurs de poussières Une dame de pales En costume rafale Prête ses trois oreilles à l'amant rugissant Trois aiguilles à recoudre Dans le ciel déchiré Un soleil clignotant Aux allures de vautour Une faucheuse obsession De moissons circulaires Enfante des syphons Trois p'tits tours et s'en vont Les troupeaux d'électrons.
The Otherpower crew teach some seminars.  These guys really know what they are doing. UPCOMING WIND TURBINE CONSTRUCTION SEMINARS "There's nothing better than 'hands-on' experience when you tackle the big project of building your first wind turbine and tower. We (and others) do offer in-depth, hands-on seminars at various locations around the USA. We also offer seminars at our wind turbine shop in Colorado, and we can travel to your location. Contact us for more information if you want to book a seminar of your own here in Colorado for 2-4 students, or seminar at your own location. Many of these seminars we put on are made possible by grant money from universities and community colleges, who sponsor instructors and professors to attend. We can also provide references from past seminars."
Most solar than wind but a wide range of courses in renewable energy systems.

Purpose of the Build your own wind turbine workshop courses :To inspire, empower, and inform participants who wish to build small wind turbines.  To cater for people from all backgrounds, age-groups, nationalities, and educational levels.  To provide some basic theoretical understanding, and to develop the necessary workshop skills and confidence to enable participants to undertake small wind turbine construction projects safely.
  Course at Liverpool in 2000.

Scope of workshop course - goal and objectives:
A six day course in which the participants learn as much as they are personally capable of learning about small wind turbine design and construction.  Each day, a modest amount of theoretical introduction will lead to workshop sessions with opportunities to gain hands-on experience of carving wooden blades, winding coils and fitting magnets into purpose built alternators for windpower, wiring, fabrication, erection and all aspects which can be covered as time allows.  Participants who bring their own ideas and materials to the course will be welcomed and given assistance where possible.

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