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Small wind turbines have had limited success to date in Nicaragua, however certain regions of the country do have a world class wind resource and the first utility scale wind farms are now successfully in operation. This study evaluates the … Continue reading →

Almira Brahim (April 2012) – has done a three month internship in Tanzania to analyse the performance of installed Piggott wind turbines by ILWP-Tanzania and Serengeti Windpower and propose a new design of maintenance process for these turbines. The emphasis … Continue reading →

Jon Sumanik-Leary The performance of locally manufactured small wind turbines is rarely measured, let alone with any degree of accuracy. This study is the first in a series that aim to use the international standards for power performance testing to … Continue reading →

Connie-Ann Bracht (Nov 2012) This has a recorded Webinar presentation with also the slides and detailed description per slide about lightning protection on small wind turbines. The presentation goes into the basics of lightning, how to protect and also has … Continue reading →

Lynn Vanheule & RIWIK (2012) Rural electrification has been a long-standing goal in Kenya, but there is still a long way to go with only 4% rural access to electricity. On top of that, if electricity is available, it is … Continue reading →

Here is a set of tech drawings that I made and used as aid to explain to illiterate people in Mali how to make a wind turbine. It is composed as a set of pictures that explains all the chronological … Continue reading →

K. C. Latoufis, G. M. Messinis, P. C. Kotsampopoulos, N. D. Hatziargyriou In this paper the design and manufacturing processes for coreless axial flux permanent magnet generators are described for low cost rural electrification applications, where local production of small … Continue reading →

José Chiroque, Teodoro Sánchez, Celso Dávila (2008) Para el caso del Perú, se definieron las características técnicas y se tomaron en cuenta una serie de recomendaciones para las condiciones existentes, tales como la elaboración de diseños para bajas velocidades de viento -que son las predominantes … Continue reading →

José Chiroque, Celso Dávila (2008) El trabajo que aquí se presenta se inició en 1998, con un diagnóstico y análisis sobre el tipo de aerogenerador que podría ser más conveniente para zonas rurales aisladas, tomándose como referencia estudios de caso en el Perú … Continue reading →

José Chiroque (2008) El sistema de aerogeneración de uso doméstico genera energía eléctrica aprovechando la velocidad del viento con un aerogenerador de 100w y busca satisfacer los requerimientos básicos de energía de las familias rurales. Read the full document