Energy Transition - 2

I was invited to see a small workshop near here which has become a club house of sorts for a small number of energy-pioneers exploring how to build wind-turbines.

Using a design posted on Hugh Piggott’s website – a chap based on one of the world’s windiest places in the Scottish Hebrides.

http://www.scoraigwind.com/

In this workshop there are about ten wind-power turbines under construction. Each one starts with the basic parts which is shaped into the various components.

First, coated copper wire is spun into generator components.

The components are placed according to pattern . . .

. . . and then permanently embedded in fibreglass and resin . . . for weatherproofing. . .

When matched with similarly embedded magnets, the assembly is fixed to hand-carved wooden blades and connected to the welded steel frame which will hold the mechanism 40 feet in the air.

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