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Working Groups

Working Groups

14
  • Wind Empowerment measurement WG user survey. A snapshot of users, constructors and designers’ attitudes and practices.
  • Design of a simple diversion charge controller Final report
  • A guide to the Delivery Models applied by Wind Empowerment member organizations
  • A Global Market Assessment Methodology for Small Wind in the Developing World
  • (PPT) Wind Empowerment Measurement WG : Reviewing Standards for small wind turbine applications
Measurement Working Group
  • Reviewing Standards for Small Wind Turbines
Market Assessment Working Group
  • Market Assessment for Small Scale Wind in Nicaragua 2012-13
  • Market Assessment for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines in Ethiopia
  • Market Assessment for Locally Manufactured PV-Wind Hybrid systems in Malawi
  • Market Assessment Basics
  • Eales, A., Sumanik-Leary, J., Latoufis, K., 2015. Market Assessment for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines in Ethiopia. Mercy Corps Ethiopia and Wind Empowerment.
Maintenance Working Group
  • Maintenance Working Group Kickstarter final report
  • Maintenance Manual v3.2
  • Maintenance Manual for “Piggott“ Small Wind Turbines
WEAthens2014

WEAthens2014

11
  • WEAthens2014 Final Report
  • WEAthens2014 – Experiences and measurement systems for small wind power and hybrid systems in South Patagonia
  • SWT POWER CURVE MEASUREMENT IEC61400-12-H IMPLEMENTATION, Andres Zappa, INTI, Argentina
  • Small Wind Turbine Blade Performance Measurement and Analysis Through Vehicle Test Procedure
  • Project Windmobile, Guy Putz, Wind Mobile
  • Micro Wind Turbine The « One »
  • Finite Element Analysis for wind turbine blades and tower
  • Downwind Bamboo blade Concept, Jorge Ayarza, MinVayu, India
  • Design and Optimization of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators, Achileas Tsitsimelis, NTUA, Greece
  • Construire une Eolienne
  • Alternative Energy for Protected Areas in Argentina, Fernando Cémbalo, APN, Argentina
Projects

Projects

1
  • Participatory Manufacture of Small Wind Turbines: A Case Study in Nicaragua
Annual Reports

Annual Reports

1
  • WE 2015 Annual Report
Academia

Academia

34
Small wind turbines - technical aspects
  • Sumanik-Leary, J., Piggott, H., Howell, R., While, A., 2012. POWER CURVE MEASUREMENTS OF LOCALLY MANUFACTURED SMALL WIND TURBINES, in: Proceedings of 8th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe September 12-14, 2012, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. p. 6.
  • Oliva, R.B., Cortez, N., 2007. A Meteorological front-end data transmission unit for a Small Wind Turbine -Power Curve Evaluation System. Presented at the XII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control.
  • Oliva, R.B., 2008. Simulation and measurement procedures for effective isolated wind and hybrid system development in south Patagonia. Energy for Sustainable Development 12, 17–26.
  • Leary, J., Piggott, H., Howell, R., 2020. The Scoraig wind trials – In situ power performance measurements of locally manufactured small wind turbines: Wind Engineering.
  • Latoufis, K., Troullaki, K., Pazios, T., Hatziargyriou, N., 2016. Design of axial flux permanent magnet generators using various magnetic materials in locally manufactured small wind turbines, in: XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM’2016). IEEE, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 1545–1551.
  • Latoufis, K., Rontogiannis, A., Karatasos, V., Hatziargyriou, N., 2018b. Thermal and Structural Design of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines. Presented at the XXIIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Alexandroupoli.
  • Latoufis, K., Riziotis, V., Voutsinas, S., Hatziargyriou, N., 2019. Effects of Leading Edge Erosion on the Power Performance and Acoustic Noise Emissions of Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbine Blades. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1222, 012010.
  • Latoufis, K., Matzakos, A., Katsambiris, I., Vassilakis, A., Hatziargyriou, N., 2019. Acoustic Noise of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators in Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines. IET Renewable Power Generation 13, 2922–2928.
  • Latoufis, K., Konstantinidis, A., Giala-Fikari, S., Hatziargyriou, N., 2018. Comparison of Coreless and Soft Magnetic Composite Core Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Locally Manufactured Pico-Hydro Plants. Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India.
Small wind turbines - interdisciplinary aspects (market assessment, education, sustainability)
  • Troullaki, A., Latoufis, K., Marques, P., Freire, F., Hatziargyriou, N., 2019. Life Cycle Assessment of Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines and Pico-Hydro Plants, in: 2019 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST). Presented at the 2019 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), IEEE, Porto, Portugal, pp. 1–6.
  • Troullaki, A., 2018. Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines: Sustainability Assessment integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Technical University of Crete.
  • Sumanik-Leary, J., Piggott, H., Howell, R., While, A., 2013. Locally manufactured small wind turbines-how do they compare to commercial machines?, in: Proceedings of 9th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe September 18-20, 2013, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, Sweden. p. 5.
  • Sumanik-Leary, J., 2013. Small wind turbines for decentralised rural electrification: case studies in Peru, Nicaragua and Scotland (PhD Thesis). University of Sheffield.
  • Neves, P., Gleditsch, M., Bennet, C., Craig, M., Sumanik-Leary, J., 2015. Assessment of locally manufactured small wind turbines as an appropriate technology for the electrification of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. AIMS Energy 3, 41–74.
  • Leary, J., While, A., Howell, R., 2012b. Locally manufactured wind power technology for sustainable rural electrification. Energy Policy 43, 173–183.
  • Leary, J., To, L.S., Alsop, A., 2018. IS THERE STILL A ROLE FOR SMALL WIND IN RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMMES? Low Carbon Energy for Development Network 17.
  • Leary, J., Schaube, P., Clementi, L., 2019. Rural electrification with household wind systems in remote high wind regions. Energy for Sustainable Development 52, 154–175.
  • Latoufis, K.C., Pazios, T.V., Hatziargyriou, N.D., 2015. Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines: Empowering communities for sustainable rural electrification. IEEE Electrification Magazine 3, 68–78.
  • Latoufis, K.C., Messinis, G.M., Kotsampopoulos, P.C., Hatziargyriou, N.D., 2012. Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator Design for Low Cost Manufacturing of Small Wind Turbines. Wind Engineering 36, 411–431.
  • Latoufis, K., Pazios, T., Chira, K., Korres, N., Hatziargyriou, N., 2018a. Open Design and Local Manufacturing of Small Wind Turbines: Case Studies in Ethiopia and Nepal, in: 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica. Presented at the 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, IEEE, Cape Town, pp. 148–153.
  • Latoufis, K., 2014. Reinforcing the resilience and self-reliance of communities in degrowth: The renewable energy workshop of “Nea Guinea.” p. 23.
  • Kostakis, V., Latoufis, K., Liarokapis, M., Bauwens, M., 2018. The convergence of digital commons with local manufacturing from a degrowth perspective: Two illustrative cases. Journal of Cleaner Production 197, 1684–1693.
  • Ferrer-Martí, L., Garwood, A., Chiroque, J., Escobar, R., Coello, J., Castro, M., 2010. A Community Small-Scale Wind Generation Project in Peru. Wind Engineering 34, 277–288.
  • Eales, A., 2014. Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines in Ethiopia: Is the Levelised Cost of Energy Competitive with Alternatives for Rural Electrification, and if so, where? Centre for Alternative Technology, Graduate School of the Environment, Wales.
  • Dafermos, G., Kotsampopoulos, P., Latoufis, K., Margaris, I., Rivela, B., Washima, F.P., Ariza-Montobbio, P., López, J., 2015. Transforming the energy matrix: Transition policies for the development of the distributed energy model 13.
  • Alsop, A., Silwal, K., Pradhan, A., Strachan, S., Eales, A., 2018. An Assessment of the Off-Grid Small Wind Power Potential in Nepal. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET’18), p. 6.
  • Alsop, A., Eales, A., Strachan, S., Leary, J., Persson, J., Almeyda, I.R., 2017. A global market assessment methodology for small wind in the developing world, in: 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Presented at the 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), IEEE, San Jose, CA, pp. 1–6.
Other small-scale renewable energy technologies
  • Eales, A., Alsop, A., Frame, D., Strachan, S., Galloway, S., 2020. Assessing the Market for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Microgrids in Malawi. Journal of Sustainability Research 2.
  • Batchelor, S., Brown, E., Leary, J., Scott, N., Alsop, A., Leach, M., 2018. Solar electric cooking in Africa: Where will the transition happen first? Energy Research & Social Science 40, 257–272.
Electronics for small-scale renewable energy technologies
  • Villa, L.F.L., Pichon, X., Sarrafin-Ardelibi, F., Raison, B., Crebier, J.C., Labonne, A., 2014. Toward the Design of Control Algorithms for a Photovoltaic Equalizer: Choosing the Optimal Switching Strategy and the Duty Cycle. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 29, 1447–1460.
  • Villa, L.F.L., Picault, D., Raison, B., Bacha, S., Labonne, A., 2012. Maximizing the Power Output of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Plants Through Optimization of the Interconnections Among Its Modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2, 154–163.
  • Lavado Villa, L.F., Ho, T.-P., Crebier, J.-C., Raison, B., 2013. A Power Electronics Equalizer Application for Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Modules. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 60, 1179–1190.
  • Badoud, A.E., Khemliche, M., Ould Bouamama, B., Bacha, S., Lavado Villa, L.F., 2013. Bond graph modeling and optimization of photovoltaic pumping system: Simulation and experimental results. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 36, 84–103.
  • Andreta, A., Derbey, A., Lembeye, Y., Lavado Villa, F.L., Crebier, J.-C., 2018. Characterization Platform for Modular Power Converters. Presented at the PCIM Europe 2018; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, pp. 1–6.
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