Hugh Piggott is a pioneering creator of recycled wind turbines. He has managed to power and maintain an entire community on Scotland’s north-west coast where he runs courses teaching wind turbine construction to students from all over the world. Original: www.guardian.co.uk
Who am I ?
Hi, I’m Erik Astrand and the man behind this site.
My story? I am about to be 50 and all my life I have been interested in technical things. Not sure if the special interest for the wind, and how to use the wind, started when I as a 5 year old boy and got my first sail dinghy.
Anyway, wind power and to build my own wind generator was a dream for several years. I studied many websites and also bought many courses before I finally built my own windmill. This site is about that journey and you will also find some more general articles about wind power.
Enjoy! and check out the about me page to read more.
Very well donne with this video, it’s nice to see el guru of wind power Mr Hugh Piggott featured, since he is and always be the legend when it commes to wind power, and also to understand his addiction, has I have also caught the bug, and its an amazing project, frustrated but very satisfying when it works.
cheers
Hugh Piggott is certainly the DIY wind master ‘neccesity is the mother of invention’ and he has done a great job making this gobal.
Well done Sir.
Delighted that you enjoyed the vid! I concur with your position 100%.
Proof positive that renewable energy not only is practical but positive!
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It is great to hear from Mr. Piggott! I built a wind turbine thats been up and running for six months now. Its not an axial flux, but we cant all be perfect.
Thanks for the vid. I’ll have to check out some DIY wind stuff. I definitely agree that the solutions come from the Hugh Piggotts, Michael Reynolds, Buckminster Fullers of the world and not politicians.
Brilliant and inspiring, the turbine we’re testing is manufactured from salvaged items from the community. Thanks for this video!
Hugh has been & still is an inspiration to thousands of wind turbine builders around the World, whether you build to his designs (shown in his books) or other designs using ready built pma’s few would argue that Hugh’s ideas & example have been a Catalyst for wind energy use around the World.
nice!..love guys out of grid not depending on fucking systems!
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visit imecofarm for more details. Thanks. Eddie