On the road again for another master class on small scale wind turbines. The challenge is the same as the previous workshop: educate 20 participants intensively in 2 weeks time and complete 2 installed wind turbines. The hosting workshop this time is located in Sumbawanga, which is a small town in Rukwa region, very west… Read more »
So far we have installed six turbines throughout Tanzania, from Dar es Salaam to remote places like Kemgesi in the Serengeti district. All turbines installed have now been indicated at their exact GPS coordinates on a map of Tanzania, which can be found here: installed-wind-turbines We expect to be able to add more turbines after successful… Read more »
Thanks to the work of the previous intern, Arthur Vos, the performance of the Hugh Piggott turbines built by I-love-windpower Tanzania is now known. This will serve as the starting point of my 3-months internship at I-love-windpower Tanzania, during which I will be focusing on so-called ‘hybrid systems’. Hybrid systems in the field of renewable… Read more »
The master class of September 2010 in Dar Es Salaam resulted in three turbines in total. The 1.8 meter model (peak power 350W) was still lying in the store waiting to be installed. Last week, there was finally an opportunity to install it. Tatedo has chosen for powering a public service house in Kwemasimba, a… Read more »
After visiting the international conference on wind turbines in Dakar, it felt like the whole world is already aware of the great possibilities of this concept: locally fabricated wind turbines with local material and local knowledge. At this conference more than 15 organizations presented their success stories in Africa and South-America. Now back in Netherlands… Read more »