Posts from — September 2004

Homebuilt Wind Generators – Monday to Sunday, February 21st to 27th 2005 at Fundacion Durika, Costa Rica – www.durika.org
Learn how to build wind generators from scratch with Hugh Piggott
Fee: US$650
Registration: Solar Energy International PO Box 715 Carbondale, CO 81623 970-963-8855 Fax: 970-963-8866
sei@solarenergy.org www.solarenergy.org

Original and fun new bikes were introduced at the London Cycle show last weekend. Among our favourite were a little electric bike and super stylish folding bicycles… Here’s more:

Koga’s folding Founder-S

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Solar-electric (PV) design and installation – 25th -30th October

Learn to use photovoltaic technology to produce your own electricity. Workshop participants learn system sizing, site analysis, hardware specification, and component selection. Install a complete, operational system in the field with current renewable energy equipment. This workshop is for the novice who wants to use PV and for those seeking employment in the solar industry.

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A 19th century invention may hold the key to 21st century energy saving.
Clean, renewable, with heat as their only byproduct, Stirling engines sit on top of other energy sources. Invented at the beginning of the 19th century the Stirling Engine enjoyed its heyday until the combustion engine came along.

Ricemill powered by a Stirling engine

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Wind-Electric Design and Installation 18th -23th October
Guest Instructor: Mick Sagrillo, Sagrillo Power & Light

Participants in this workshop will learn to design and install commercial wind generator systems. The workshop will cover system sizing, site analysis, safety issues and hardware specification.

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The Sustainable Village is a ‘social enterprise’ which helps set up microenterprise projects in developing countries for energy generation, safe water, long-distance communication, sustainable agriculture.

Setting up solar panels in
Honduras

They organise and provide all the ‘hard technology’ for the projects, from design and engineering, to supplying parts and developing websites.

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There’s something incredibly exciting about getting into an abandoned building — a huge, disused factory. It gets you right there, you’re scared and a bit disgusted because it’s dirty, but the size of it is just overwhelming. Never mind the dirt, the dust, the pigeon shit and the graffiti on the walls, we’ve just got into 4 storeys of free, empty, hundreds of square meters of space!

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The International Cycle Show 2004, London, is taking place right now, until the 26th Sept, at the Business Design Centre in Angel.

Your chance to see the new 2005 models and accessories.

Fee: 10 – for more information see www.cycleshow.co.uk

You could make use of your swimming pool (or small lake) for much longer with a solar pool heating system.

Pool solar heaters are just a set of solar panels, or ‘collectors’, through which water pumped out of the swimming pool is circulated before being poured back into the pool.

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