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Advanced Wind Technologies:  Distribution, installation and maintenance of Lagerway wind turbines of Denmark in Australia.

AeroGen Wind Turbines:  Micro wind turbines from the UK for caravans, boats and remote power requirements.y

Affordable Solar:  Online Discount Retailer For Solar And Wind Energy Products

Alternative Energy Store:  Leading Discount Retailer Of Solar & Wind Energy Products. Free Seminars.

Ampair:  Small wind turbines for battery charging e.g. on sailboats

Arman Co.:  Manufacturer of small horizontal axis, down-wind, wind turbines 2.5kW, 5kW, and 10kW. Manufactured in Iran.

Atlantic Power Master:  Manufacturer of small wind turbines and renewable energy systems based in Ireland.

Avian Collision and Electrocution: An Annotated Bibliography:  California Energy Commission compilation of information about losses of birds due to collisions with power lines, towers, wind turbines, and other structures, and from electrocution by power lines.

Barden:  Suppliers of marine batteries, automotive, commercial and industrial batteries. Alsp provides solar panels and wind turbines. UK.

Bay Winds, LLC.:  A dealer of the Jacobs line of small wind turbines.

Big Frog Mountain:  Alternative energy supplies such as solar panels, wind turbines, and hydro-electric turbines.

Big Frog Mountain:  Solar electric equipment, wind turbines, small hydro-electric generators, inverters.

Cape Wind:  Cape Wind is developing a wind park offshore from Cape Cod using advanced wind turbines; this project will generate electricity and promote energy independence

CFD Norway:  Consultant and research services in astro and aeronautics, hydrodynamics, turbulence modelling, flows around buildings, aerodynamics of traffic tunnels, wind turbines. Based in Trondheim, Norway.

Cleanfield Energy Corp.:  Cleanfield Energy Corp. is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of rooftop wind turbines and other renewable energy products.

Control Design:  Design, implementation and system integration of customer specific control algorithms for electric generators in wind turbines and other applications.

Curry & Kerlinger, Wind Power and Birds.:  Experts on the impact of wind power and wind turbines on birds.

DC Power Supply:  The largest volume solar distributors last year and are the distributors for Iskra and Kestrel wind turbines for North and South America. Both makes are excellent machines and feature variable-pitching rotors and axial-flux alternators.

Densit A/S:  Industrial flooring and pavement, lightweight security barriers for vaults, safes and ATMs, wind turbines and wear protection solutions.

DeSoto Energy:  Online retailer of solar panels and wind turbines.

DNV Wind Turbine Certification:  DNV Wind Turbine Certification. Certification of onshore and offshore wind turbines, wind farms and projects. Accredited type certification according to Danish, Dutch and IEC WT01.

East Haven Windfarm:  Information about proposal to install wind turbines on the summit ridge of East Mountain to demonstrate wind energy technology.

Ecotricity:  Supplier of electricity generated by wind turbines to domestic and commercial customers. Company profile, information on projects, news, and how to switch.

New URL Energy Development Co-operative Limited:  Specialists in sustainable energy solutions. Catalogue, containing solar powered products, solar panels and wind turbines.

Energy Force:  Providers of renewable energy products including solar panels and wind turbines. Includes product information, pricing, company details, and contact information.

Energy Production:  Discusses the environmental factors and benefits of wind turbines and solar panels compared to solar cells.

Enviroharvest Inc.:  Supplies equipment to harvest natural energy resources, such as solar panels, solar hot water collectors, wind turbines with storage batteries and inverters for off-grid and grid-tied homes.

Eoltec Wind Turbines:  This company not only produces a line of small wind machines, but also a product line of medium size wind turbine: 75 kw and 250 kw.

Equinox Wind Farm:  Information on seven modern wind turbines producing clean, renewable electricity.

ETTE,:  Small wind turbines, both horizontal axis and vertical axis, hydro turbines, and crossflow turbines.

GE Wind Corp.:  Design and manufacture of wind turbines ranging in size from 750 kilowatts to 2 megawatts .

Gusto Energy Systems:  Small wind turbines designed, manufactured and marketed in NZ.

INVENTUS GmbH:  WENUS: 4 blade pitch regulated wind turbines (Inventus 6), 6 kW, 6 m wind turbine for battery charging and grid connexion:

Iskra Wind Turbines:  Description of Iskra (UK) and its AT5-1 wind turbine. More energy at low wind speeds, high reliability, straight-forward installation.

Iskra Wind Turbines:  Wind turbine manufacturer. Product information, FAQs, and galleries.

Jats Alternative Power Company:  Alternative energy retailer located in Seattle, USA. Offers solar panels, wind turbines and micro-hydro generators.

JetStream Energy Inc.:  JetStream sells and installs wind turbines and other renewable energy equipment in Eastern Ontario, Canada. This site includes useful information about renewable energy and links to other sites.

LM Glasfiber A/S:  Manufacturer of fiberglass blades for wind turbines. Also information on wind power plants, generation and engineering.

Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Co-operative:  The world’s largest offshore windfarm with 20 x 2 MW turbines just 2 km outside of Copenhagen.

Millennium Wind Power Systems:  Millennium produces a number of small wind turbines which range from 300 watts to 20 kw.

Neg-Micon:  A manufacturer of large wind turbines with capacities from 600 kW to 2.0 MW .

NO Whinash Windfarm:  Pressure Group opposing the proposal to erect 27 wind turbines on the local fells.

Nordex:  Manufacture wind turbines from 250 kW to 2500 kW. Includes details of completed projects.

NRG SYSTEMS:  NRG Systems Ltd is the exclusive Vestas Agent in Hungary, retailing all wind turbines of Vestas Wind Systems A/S.

Oasis Montana Inc.:  Montana distributor of small wind turbines.

Perfect service for your rotorblades:  BS Rotor Technic specialises in the maintenance and repairs of rotor blades for wind turbines

PhysE Metocean Services:  A consultancy providing metocean criteria for the design and operation of offshore and coastal structures, such as oil rigs and wind turbines.

Pioneer Systems Alternative Energy Power Sources:  Wind power turbines and generators, solar electric, battery powered AC for remote sites, remote telecommunications

Pitch Wind:  Swedish manufacturer of small wind turbines, e.g. for farmers and remote islands

Powercorp Pty Ltd.:  Develop management systems for all levels of power station operation including demand side management and integration of renewable energy such as hydro and wind turbines.

Proven Energy:  Manufactures and installs wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (electric) panels. News, customers, products, and services.

Proven Wind Turbines:  Design, manufacture and implementation of renewable energy components and systems.

Renewable Technologies Inc.:  Provides design, engineering, sales, installation, and service of alternative energy systems, including solar, photovoltaic and thermal, wind turbines, hydrogen fuel cells, back up power systems, stand-by generators, inverters, hydro-generators, and batteries.

Save the Blackmore Vale:  Objects to the installation of wind turbines close to Wincanton in the Blackmore Vale and argues that there are greener and safer alternatives locally.

ScanWind Group:  Norwegian-Swedish manufacturer of large wind turbines

Solairgen, Inc.:  Sales and installation of solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy products.

Solar Online Australia:  Suppliers of solar and wind power equipment including solar panels, wind turbines, regulators, power inverters, deep cycle batteries and technical information.

Solar Power Generation:  Provides Solar And Alternative Energy Education, News, Links, And Products

Solar Sales Pty Ltd:  Western Australian retailer of renewable energy products including solar panels, regulators, batteries, lighting, power inverters, water pumps, and wind turbines.

Solar Solutions Ltd:  Solar Electric, Wind, Water Pumping, Communications And Recreational Vehicles

Solent Composite Systems Ltd:  Composite materials manufacturers. These include mouldings fibre glass mouldings for wind turbines, and gas and oil industries.

Solex Enterprises:  Supplies equipment for alternative energy resources such as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries for off-grid and grid-tied homes.

SVIAB:  Swedish manufacturer of small wind turbines for battery charging

The Wind Power:  Resource dedicated to wind turbines and windfarms in the world. Includes pictures galleries, technical data and videos. [English, French]

The Wind Turbine Company:  WTC was founded in 1989 to design, manufacture, and sell wind turbines capable of producing competitively priced electricity without the need for subsidization. Our focus is on designing and manufacturing wind turbines. Our targeted customers are windfarm developers and others who wish to generate lower cost wind energy….

Travere Industries S.A.S.:  Specialized in renewable energy by wind power and design wind turbines to electrify remote areas, homes, villages, pumps stations, Agricultural farming and other applications.

Turbine Services:  Servicing of wind turbines, and installation and servicing of micro-hydro energy systems. Benefits of the systems, including pdf format technical documents.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S:  Design and manufacture of wind turbines ranging in size from 660 kilowatts to 2 megawatts. ‘The worlds largest manufacturer of wind turbines.’

West Japan Engineering Consultants, Inc.:  Provides engineering services for projects involving thermal, geothermal, diesel, gas turbines,hydraulic, wind power, refuse and wastes, fluidized bed combustion, nuclear power generation, transmission and distribution.

Westwind Wind Turbines:  Wind turbines rated at 2.5kW, 5kW and 10 kW are manufactured. The most common application is for charging the batteries of power systems in remote areas away from electricity grids. From Australia.

Wholesale Solar:  Solar Panels, inverters, wind generators and more.

Wind Energy:  Arizona Solar Center – Learn which areas of the country are the most suited for wind energy technology. Includes maps and photos of turbines against different landscapes. Page also gives some pros and cons for using this resource.

Wind Turbine Industries Corp.:  Manufacturer of the Jacobs wind turbines. They are an upwind, horizontal axis. There are five models available: 10 kw to 20 kw.

Wind Turbine Tools Inc & Ltd:  If you are looking for the Wind Industry leader in Calibration Services, Calibrated Torque Tools, Hand and Power Tools, Hydraulic Torque Tools and Fasteners for the Wind Turbine Industry, you need look no further. Through relationships with European and American manufacturers, we have sourced products designed for, and required by the Wind Turbine Industry. We are extremely well versed in dealing with the metric form of measurement and ISO Standards….

Wind Turbines Installed in Japan:  Personal Japanese wind turbine’s site, with Japanese wind turbine’s maps and photo.

Windflow Technology Ltd.:  Their design combines two technologies that reduce fatigue loads. They supply turbines for wind power projects in New Zealand and Australia.

Windland Inc.:  Windland Inc. is a wind energy development firm based in Boise, ID. We currently manage and operate a commercial wind farm in Tehachapi, CA. We also sell reconditioned wind turbines.

Windland:  Develops wind energy power plants. Information about turbines for sale.

WindPartners Bg:  second-hand wind turbines for sale. Wind power projects –  Used wind turbines from 225kW up to 1.5MW Wind power projects management.

Windturbine Warehouse:  Wind turbines, generators, power systems, windmills, new and used turbine and windmill parts.

Earth 911:  Located in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Massachusetts Division Of Energy Resources:  METI has wide-ranging responsibilities, including protection of the environment, global environment issues, the prevention of industrial pollution, and recycling of industrial wastes. 

Pure Vision Technology Inc:  A company directed toward the development of technology for recycling and efficient use of waste for materials and energy.

Sources for Electric Vehicles

Aermotor Windmills:  The ideal livestock water source for cattle and sheep, whether on the open range or ranch pasture. Product and price information.

Airlift Technologies:  Manufactures water pumping windmill company that pumps water with air injected into the well

Alternative Energy Store:  Offers solar panels, windmills, inverters, batteries, and educational resources.

Ameco Designs:  Alternative Hydro Solutions Ltd. believes that the Darrieus turbine is the best choice for small and medium river sites. 

Dean Bennett Supply Company:  Distributor of Aeromotor windmills, plus Zoeller and F&W pumps.

Dean Bennett Supply:  Offer Aermotor and Fiasa windmills, the ideal livestock water source for cattle and sheep. Complete selection of repair parts.

Drewnopol:  Manufacturer of wooden garden ornaments including wells, windmills, benches, and wagons. Poland.

Ecolab Energies:  French manufacturer of waterpumping windmills. Features described in English, French, and German.

Overland Tractor:  Kioti dealer in Ft. Lupton. Also offer aluminum Amish windmills. Features product lines, inventory, and location.

Texas Windmills:  Builds wooden windmill towers. Also offers Aeromotor mill and metal towers for sale. Includes product and contact information.

Windturbine Warehouse:  Wind turbines, generators, power systems, windmills, new and used turbine and windmill parts.

An Easy To Build & Operate Induction Generator – Portable Lightplants & Generators:  Within every home in America there are motors that can be operated as generators. They may not be labeled as generators, but they will function just the same. These motors are often called "squirrel cage motors" and are in washing machines, dryers, water pumps and other devices too numerous to mention….

Biodesign Solar Projects:  Beehive ventilator, fan, and air conditioning units, using solar energy, creating stronger bees, better pollination, and more honey. How it works, frequently asked questions, technical data and ordering information.

Bowman Pmm :  magnetic motor

Build A Generator From A Lawn-Edger Motor:  My stand by battery charger for drag strip / RV use is now a "one wire" Marine alternator of 75 amp rating on a board (a 2 x 8) with a 3 hp horizontal shaft Tecumseh running the pulley.  My first one, since sold, was a 3.5 hp Briggs & Stratton from a vertical shaft mower.  I cut a slot in the front of the mower deck (but in retrospect, if I had to do it over, I would cut it in the back); then I added brackets made from old 1.5" angle iron for the pivot and an old (from the junkyard) slotted alternator bracket for the adjuster.  By re-using the mower deck, I had a place to mount the entire works, on wheels with….

Build a simple rain barrel:  A power station’s dependence on potable water greatly reduced while assured of a reliable, continuous source. 

Do It Yourself Automotive LPG Conversion

Energy Usage Worksheet

Handmade Organic Mosquito Repellent (Homer):  The abandoned ricefields in our valley breed hordes of fierce mosquitoes, and at dusk they attack in force. But it’s hard to tell which is worse, the mosquitoes or the commercial repellents….The alternative is incense coils, which you burn — they fill the air with smoke containing insecticides. And indeed the mosquitoes keep away. We think this is very wise of them — we don’t like the coils any more than they do…..

Hydraulic Ram Page

Iron Horse Water Wheels

Low-Tech Crystal Radio

School Composting 

School Gardens

Silkworms In A Shoebox

The Beach House Fish Pond 

Toiletology 101 Care And Repair

Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar power

• Solar power is pollution free during use, although the production of the equipment entails some degree of of environmental pollution.

• Facilities can operate with little maintenance or intervention after initial setup.

• Solar power is becoming more and more economical as costs associated with production decreases, the technology becomes more effective in energy conversion, and the costs of other energy source alternatives increase.

• In situations where connection to the electricity grid is difficult or impossible (such as island communities, desolate regions and ocean-going vessels) harvesting solar power is often an economically competitive alternative to energy from traditional sources.

• When grid connected, solar electric generation can displace the highest cost electricity during times of peak demand (in many climatic regions), can reduce grid loading, and can eliminate the need for local battery power for use in times of darkness and high local demand; such application is encouraged by net metering. Time-of-use net metering can be highly favorable to small photovoltaic systems.

• Grid connected solar electricity can be used locally thus minimizing transmission/distribution losses (approximately 7.2%).

Solar power at the Earth’s surface has a number of disadvantages compared to traditional energy sources:

• Intermittency: It is not available at night and is reduced when there is cloud cover, decreasing the reliability of peak output performance or requiring a means of energy storage.

• For power grids to stay functional at all times, backup powerplants must be kept ‘hot’, to replace solar power stations as they stop producing. There is an energy cost to keep plants ‘hot’, which includes (in the case of coal plants) the burning of coal. Without fundamental changes in the energy system, little fossil power can therefore be displaced, according to critics.

• Locations at high latitudes or with frequent cloud cover offer reduced potential for solar power use.

• It can only realistically be used to power transport vehicles by converted energy into other form of energy suitable for transport, incurring an energy penalty.

• Solar cell technologies produce DC power which must be converted to the AC power when used in currently existing distribution grids. This again incurs an energy penalty (5-10%) which reduces the real energy output of the solar panels.

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Although start-up costs are higher than other renewable technologies, PVs have key advantages:

• there are no moving parts to fix so they are relatively easy to install and maintain
• they can be sited in urban areas and are not restricted in the way that wind and hydro-power systems are
• they can replace other roofing materials, for example tiles. The cells are embedded in a flat, waterproof material to form ‘modules’, which make ideal cladding material for walls and roofs
• they need not take up any additional land space.

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Convergance Tech — Electric Bicycles and Pedal-powered Generators :  Plans, kits, parts, and completed projects for bicycle conversion. Make power while getting a workout, or let the sun and wind charge your battery for easy traveling. And check out his Bat and Rat detector too! Cool site. 

Glow Inc :  Glow-in-the-dark paints and powders. Really cool stuff.

Hamsterific :  Everything about Hamsters–breeds, care, diet, discussion board, links, housing, health care, and more! He’s a working’ hamster! 

Internet Public Library Science Fair Project Resource Guide :  the name says it all. Dozens of links, samples, ideas, magazines, and other resources for science fairs nicely organized. 

Ready Set Glo :  Glow in the dark paints and powders. Interesting stuff! 

Science Fair Project on the Web :  Resources to help you "Create a winning science fair project." 

Science Toy Maker :  Great pages on making science toys at home. Excellent ideas for science fair projects, and the site explains the science behind the projects in simple terms that kids (and adults) can read without having a dictionary nearby. Colorful format that kids will like. 

ScienzFair :  is a site with hundreds of science fair project ideas in easy to navigate categories. They have extensive ideas for environmental projects. 

Steve Redmonds site :  Extremely detailed information on building a Tesla Disc Turbine. His test model did 10,200rpm on 75psi of compressed air. Detailed pictures and information. Also lots of info on casting your own metal and using the castings to build your own machine tools. The turbine was built with homemade machine tools!  

WonderMagnet :  Have surplus neodymium magnets at good prices even in small quantities. 

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How Do Solar Hot Water Heaters Work?

 With the rising cost of fuel and concern over carbon footprints, many homeowners are turning to green technologies such as a solar water heater. These hot water heating systems not only lower your fuel costs over the lifetime of the system but will also help the environment by cutting back on harmful carbon emissions. Developing a set of workable solar hot water heater plans could be your first important step toward leading a “greener” lifestyle.

Basics

The U.S. Department of Energy provides a complete breakdown of the basics of solar hot water heater systems. As they explain, there are basically two types of solar hot water heaters: active systems, which contain circulating pumps and controls, or the passive systems, which don’t. Both of these plans will require solar panel collectors and storage tanks for the water.

The solar storage tanks will need to be well-insulated to lock in the heat and keep out the cold. You could opt for a two-tank storage, where your system would preheat the water before it enters your conventional water heater. Or you could decide on the single-tank storage option, which combines the back-up heater with solar storage within the same tank.

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