Build Your Own Wind Turbine

We are working on a new online shop mostly for solar PV it has some batteries and charge controllers on it as well. Over the next while we will be adding more stuff like the full rang of Rolls batteries. http://eirbyte.ie/shop

We are heading to Glas Learning Centre, Ennisnag, Co. Kilkenny, for an open day on Friday Apr 20th, to talk about the wind turbine course that we are teaching on May 28th.If your are around the area call in for a chat and see what's on offer http://glaslearning.ie/open-day

Hugh Piggott is coming back again to Ireland this year to teach another of his famous wind turbine building workshops.The venue is in Co. Leitrim near Keshcarrigan.This will be a practical hands-on week of workshop time, running from Monday morning to Saturday, during which we will build a 4.2m wind turbine for an off-grid farm. Please do not expect to go home with a wind turbine!Price for the workshop is €350 euro. Let us know if you need help finding accommodation or alternatively you can camp at the farm for free, just contribute to the food bill :) There will…

 One day workshopThis is a taster of a build-your-own workshop - the goal is to give you a realistic look at the various parts of building a Hugh Piggot designed wind turbine. We will discuss the various parts of the project, the materials, tools and equipment needed as well as the other components of a wind energy system. You can try out some blade carving using hand tools to get a feel for the process. Some people are quite happy to undertake a turbine building project by themselves and this introduction will allow you to gauge the skills required and…