Wednesday, May 25, 2011

DIY wind power - DIY Wind Turbine




1.4m diameter homeade wind turbine. Blades are made from 6 inch pvc drain pipe cut to a twisted and tapered profile. The generator is a back driven permanent magnet treadmill motor. It should be capable of producing around 60Watts in a 15mph wind. Lots of testing and tweaking to come though...



In the News:




Telegraph.co.uk

Chelsea Flower Show 2011: Chelsea extravagance reaches new heights
Telegraph.co.uk
A wind turbine on the top will make it even taller. Trees almost 30ft high will tower above the Grand Pavilion in the Leeds City Council Garden that also has a huge working water wheel. In a further bid to catch attention gardeners are bringing in ...

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SlashGear

SlashGear Science Week in Review, May 6th 2011
SlashGear
Wind power has its proponents. It seems like a great idea: it's clean, it collects energy from something that occurs naturally. But it really isn't very efficient. According to industry trade body RenewableUK, the average wind turbine only generates 20 ...




Home Wind Turbine For Sale At Wal-Mart
IBTimes
Wal-Mart has the Coleman turbine priced at $765.00. According to the product description, the turbine will start up in winds as low as 4 mph. Installation of the device is a DIY proposition and, once assembled and erected, the turbine is said to be ...

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Gearless Turbine Gets Power From Light Winds
IBTimes
Similar to installing an electric generator, the Honeywell Wind Turbine was designed, according to the company, to be installed by a licensed electrical contractor. Apparently this may not be a DIY project like other turbines we've written about in the ...

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Newspaper Briefing, including Ex-Fed Reserve man says it failed to regulate ...
Proactive Investors UK
Travis Perkins buys stores from stricken Focus DIY: The Owner of Wickes has bought 13 stores from the administrators of stricken chain Focus DIY in a deal worth 8.4 million. Travis Perkins will convert the sites to the Wickes format by the end of 2011, ...




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Wind Turbine Collapses Near Weatherford OK http://bit.ly/lbnzom #green #energy #diy11:22 PM Tue May 24, 2011 via twitterfeed








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