Hugh Piggott's Homepage
updated 10th May 2008
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"the axial flux plans"  "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  Italian CÓMO CONSTRUIR UN GENERADOR EÓLICO  Spanish Jak zbudowac Elekrownie Wiatrowa Przeklad: Stanislaw Blankenstein  Polish translation |
WIND TURBINE PARTS FOR SALE OLDER STUFF LINKS COMMENTS ON ROOFTOP WINDPOWER DEVELOPING WORLD CONTACTS Courses calendar for 2008 Windmill building workshop courses page 
Lots of stories and pictures.Feedback from the April '08 course here on Scoraig: "One of the most enjoyable weeks I have spent for a long time. On returning home I find my attitude to life is more relaxed and laid back. As soon as I see this changing I will have to come back!" "A fantastic week, it was great fun and so useful to get stuck in and put the theory into practise, what a magic moment when it started to produce electricity for the first time." "The knowledge and experience gained was not limited to wind-related details because your patience and teaching styles were themselves highlights of the time spent learning from you."  Paul Camilli's blog
about my recent installation visit to the Isle of Rona "Life at the end of the road"  |
Mark Atkins Swansea Tasmania Australia 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.)
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| I have moved a lot of stuff off
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. |
DEVELOPING WORLD
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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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turbine
blades for sale from Conor Coady in Ireland. Quality made Blades (4'), using Austrian Larch. Strong and very weather durable wood. Blades are made using jigs and dimensions are accurately repeated. Contact Conor at conorsturbines@gmail.com  The blade kits are 230 sterling (or 310 Euro), including delivery to anywhere in the UK or Ireland. |
Homebrew wind
turbine parts in the USA Complete 10 foot axial flux wind turbine kit (USA) $1800 from forcefield user manual |
Otherpower/Forcefield |
Sets 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 |
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manufacturers... |
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Selsam  |
Gaia wind 11kW
turbine from Denmark (see also )  Now also in the UK |
What's wrong with this
picture? Rooftop wind turbine madness in the UK. (Picture from Paul Gipe's site.) The Warwick Urban Wind Trial project has engaged in depth with the new market for urban, building mounted wind turbines at a critical time in market development. By taking the customer perspective and combining technical monitoring with social research into the impact of installations on public perceptions of energy efficiency and wind, the project is providing the most thorough and complete assessment to date of the efficacy of urban wind systems in supporting UK energy and environmental policies. ALAN LODGE out with the V3power folks in Nottingham  2007 Nottingham Wind Turbine Workshop second page & Spring into Action :: Build your own wind turbine workshop Sounds on the Downs - Wind Turbine Set-up |
Rooftop windspeed measurements
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Home built windpower news page Case studies, and lists of suppliers. |
My FAQ A collection of answers to emails about windpower and some specific questions about my windmill plans and construction techniques. (October 2006) |
Learn about wind energyDanish site - windpower knowhowWindmission - Blade design Mike Klemen - real world data Paul Gipe's writings Home power magazine Yahoo discussion board French discussion board My latest FAQ Navitron discussion forum |
Good sites for homebuilt windpowerOtherpower in ColoradoForcefeld discussion board Gotwind in UK Windstuffnow USA the back shed Australia Wind chasers in Canada Miscellaneous worldwide stuff Home builder story Wind is free - another homebuild story REnergy by Angus Irish turbine makers site |
wind turbine manufacturersAbundant Renewable Energy USAAfrican Wind Power Ampair UK Atlantic Orient Canada Bergey Windpower USA Bornay in Spain Eclectic UK Eoltec France Fortis in the Netherlands Gaia-Wind Ltd. UK and Denmark Gazelle UK Iskra in the UK Jacobs USA LVM UK Marlec UK Proven UK Renewable Devices Swift UK Ropatec italy South West Windpower USA Samrey UK Variable Pitch wind turbines in Canada Westwind Australia and N. Ireland WES in the netherlands Windsave UK Windside Finland Loads more... (from windmission) |
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USA |
europe |
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| blades |
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Forcefield
magnets 10 footer wooden blades chinese from magnet4less |
conorsturbines@gmail.com | variable pitch rotors in canada |
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| complete alternators |
future
energy |
hydrogenappliances
and windbluepower
and magnet4less |
new
zealand |
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| magnets |
powermagnetstore CERMAG |
wondermagnet/forcefield CMS magnetics Applied magnets |
Sweden |
Australia Japan china South Africa |
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| 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 steel disks |
e-teq Scotland tel 01556 612128 EMSEA LTD Tel: 01684 299156 |
wondermagnet/forcefield |
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| Trailer hubs for wind turbines |
www.meredithandeyre.co.uk Towsure www.breakeryard.com |
South
west wheel Northern tools |
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| DUMP LOADS TO HEAT WATER at BATTERY VOLTAGE | TP Fay Ltd |
Ireland |
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| low voltage space heater
resistors |
Farnell |
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| Polyester and vinyl ester resin supplies |
Glasplies polyfibre |
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| High temperature flexible wire (tri-rated flex) |
Batt
cables smaller amounts |
E-mail
me at:
hugh@scoraigwind.co.uk
