Vestas could, indeed, be on the downslide. There has been a lot of problems with the failure of gearboxes. Since Vestas always designs around a gearbox, this...
FAA slaps de facto wind moratorium on commercial wind - Necessity is a mother. This move on the part of the Federal Government is the best thing that could...
The facts speak for themselves on this issue of the objections to wind farms...This is the hypocritical attitude of the ultra liberal elite leadership (which...
Dear Apollo, We have experimented with alternators. Your problem is your gear ratio - much too high. A 2 meter rotor made just right wants to start up at...
This is typical of the 'decision making' of the past score years, where bogus legalistic/patriotic/environmental claims are employed for narrow aims despite...
... Hey, if the magnetic field loads the system too much, why not simply decrease the magnetic field? Some basics : The turbine shaft power is proportional to...
Also explains why certain birds go into these areas. http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14697471.htm Munch some grass. Save some hawks and eagles...
I am new to the group. Has any one had any experience with the vertical home wind turbine at this site http://www.mag-wind.com/mw1100.php? It looks too good to...
Hoff Stauffer
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Jun 2, 2006 3:53 pm
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Try contacting them as a potential "investor". If you get a prompt reply, that should tell us something. Best regards, Marty Jones ... From:...
Jones, Martin
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Jun 2, 2006 10:22 pm
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Hoff, You know what they say about things that look too good to be true, right? Well, that principle probably applies here more than in other cases because...
-Like many things in life, if it seems too good to be true, it most likely is. You will notice a complete lack of details on dimension, weight, type of output,...
Oh no! That's the wrong approach. According to the KMA, you need to install whistles of the right pitch on the turbine blade tips to entice the raptors into...
I did. The CEO responded, referring me to their venture capital group. I had inquired 2-3 times previously as a customer and a potential distributor, but they...
Hoff Stauffer
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Jun 4, 2006 1:31 am
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Small wind has no shortage of ideas of no merit, paraded one after another on this list, but a word or two redirecting the good intentions often displayed...
Have you ever heard of fools and their money being parted... Don ... From: Hoff Stauffer To: awea-wind-home@yahoogroups.com. Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:50...
Hi Hoff, ... No, and I don't know if this is a real product or just a concept. There's certainly nothing remarkable about the concept. ... Yes. There's not...
Hi What you need to do is to control your field current and limit it based on RPM. So you need a method of determining the RPM: a magnet and a pick up coil....
Oh Boy ! This VAWT has an incredible cut in wind speed of around 20 MPH and only needs around 40 MPH to get full rated power ! Can't wait to invest ! ...
Dear Sir, I am looking into possibilities as to how Wind Energy can be employed at homes as there is an acute shortage of electricity in our country, Pakistan ...
Analyzing idea of investing in Mag-Wind and their vertical axis wind turbine: This is who owns the domain: Mag-Wind Corp Thomas Priest-Brown ****@...)...
New SuperturbineTM Building Mount takes advantage of the enhanced wind blast above the windward edge of a commercial building. The mounting frame bolts...
What amazing performance, eh? The thing that is actually amazing is that Conergy, a large German solar distribution company that, among other things, bought...
I am an MBA student at the University of Texas Business School, and I am working with a group that is doing market research on the small wind turbine industry...
Hello. I need to design a fan. Is it possible to use similar approach to design as to design wind turbine propeller? Or, does anybody know some link to fan...
This group is dedicated to the Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Alternator, as designed by Hugh Piggott, with additional development by Dan Fink and Dan Bartmann of...
Wind is great for generating heat from wild 3-phase power through resistors. Is there a simple way to use that same raw power for cooling, without inversion?...
Wow! I really, really love it when these "new" "manufacturers" publish power curves. This one doesn't ever limit it's output. It just keeps going up, up, up!...
I wish you would keep it in this group. Taking Hugh away from this group is not in the best interest of small wind. There is plenty of room here for these...
