Hugh Piggott's Homepage
updated 16th November 2007
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"the axial flux plans"  "i read it thoroughly.wonderful book.crystal clear." "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). " Mark Atkins Swansea Tasmania Australia TRANSLATIONS (BUY DIRECT FROM THESE LINKS) FR Comment constuire Une Eollienne IT Come costruire un generatore eolico  CÓMO CONSTRUIR UN GENERADOR EÓLICO  l primo workshop italiano sulla costruzione dei generatori eolici di piccola taglia ha avuto luogo a Pescara dall'11 al 15 luglio 2007. Per la costruzione è stato seguito il metodo di Hugh Piggott, riconosciuto il massimo esperto mondiale in questo campo.  Il workshop è stato organizzato dall'Associazione ECQUOLOGIA.IT ed è stato diretto dall'ing. Antonio Cecere, traduttore del libro "How to build a wind turbine" |
 Courses calendar for 2008 Windmill building workshop courses page  Lots of stories and pictures."The most highly organized and well thought out workshop I have ever attended. The instructors were experts in the field, had the patience of saints, and always had time to help a student and answer questions. I have never seen so much education packed into one week." -- Doug Hollinger, Homebuilt Wind Generators workshop participant, 2003 My
latest book  "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. Available from CAT
or from me at my book sales page Please ignore the
diagrams on the front which do not relate to this book but were taken
from my windmill plans
The book contains a list of all turbines on the market in the UK with basic data and prices. |
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. |
| Some lesser known
manufacturers... |
Selsam  |
| Gaia wind 11kW
turbine from Denmark (see also )  Now also in the UK |
Variable pich turbines
from Alternate Power Technologies in Ontario  |
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 2001 alternator
plans translated into Polish see right ->For sale from Stanislaw Blankenstein My latest FAQ A collection of answers to recent 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 |
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 |
wind turbine manufacturersAbundant Renewable Energy USAAmpair 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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variable pitch rotors in canada |
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| complete alternators |
future
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hydrogenappliances
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and magnet4less |
new
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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 |
Towsure www.breakeryard.com |
South
west wheel |
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| DUMP LOADS TO HEAT WATER at BATTERY VOLTAGE | TP Fay Ltd |
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| low voltage space heater
resistors |
Farnell |
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| Polyester resin supplies |
Glasplies |
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| High temperature flexible wire (tri-rated flex) |
Batt
cables smaller amounts |
E-mail
me at:
hugh@scoraigwind.co.uk
