Dates and times
Cost
Waged 495€, Low waged 445€, Unemployed 395€ (all inclusive)
Course summary

'Nea Guinea' has been organizing small wind turbine construction workshops since 2009 and has empowered many people with the knowledge of harnessing power from the wind.

The wind turbines built in the workshops are based on the designs of Hugh Piggott, a renewable energy expert living in the off-grid community of Scoraig (Scotland), as described in his “Wind Turbine Recipe Book’.

During this one week course a 600W small wind turbine with 2.4m rotor diameter will be constructed from scratch, using simple raw materials like wood for the blades, steel for the mounting frame and tail, copper wire for the coils and neodymium magnets cast in resin for the generator.

The wind turbine will be the product of enthusiastic team work, as we will work in groups focusing on woodworking, metalworking and generator fabrication, along with short breaks to share what we have learned with the whole team.

Although most of the course is practical, aspects of off-grid renewable energy systems will be covered in an introductory presentation emphasizing on different applications such as solar panels, solar pumps, wind and hydro turbines.

The course is ideal for people practicing permaculture design as it is a specialist renewable energy course focused on small scale windelectric systems.

The course will be held in English and is intended to be suitable for all levels of experience and abilities, so no prior theoretical or practical knowledge is required.

Other teachers
Kostas Latoufis, is an engineer of off-grid renewable energy systems and has been organizing wind turbine workshops since 2009 with Nea Guinea.
Course type
Specialist
Course is face to face
Course contact email
Contact name
Fotini Georgousi

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