WindEmpowerment conference in Athens

Four members of I-love-Windpower, Isabel, Piet, Roland and Marko, joined the second world conference of WindEmpowerment in Athens. During this one week event we shared our knowledge and experiences and discussed future plans and cooperations with people and organisations around the world.

ILWP project presentations

The first I-Love-Windpower social event was held in Utrecht on friday the 23rd of June. Nine introduction presentations have been presented of each active project (3 field and 6 tech). These presentations have been recorded and can be seen back here below. Mali – The Mali project is – after a long break – preparing to start up again…. Read more »

Wind turbine in Haarzuilens connected to the grid

In November 2013 a new design wooden tower has been installed in on the Emmaus site in Haarzuilens, Holland. It carries a 2.4m rotor diameter Hugh Piggott design turbine made in an earlier workshop. Finally the wind turbine has been connected to the grid using a Windyboy inverter.

Closure of Test Field Schoondijke

After 5 years the test field for small wind turbines in Schoondijke will be terminated. During the last year we tested two types hand-build wind turbines and learned a lot about grid connection and installation. Very useful data has been collected on the performance of our turbines; power curves have been determined and high wind… Read more »