We are looking onto an alternative design where we use abundant available materials such as water tubes and construction steel bars (used for strengthening concrete walls). Having such cost-out projects are important in order to make these wind turbines more attractive compared with its competitors (gasoline generators).
“Now we managed to do these engine fitting rails so nice and straight, we are able to make a train line to Bamako” “Maintenant qu’on a fait les rails du moteur aussi droits, on peut faire une ligne de train jusqu’a Bamako” Bamoye The traditional year in Mali begins with the Aid-el-Fitr festivities that mark… Read more »
This week our Malian team completed the production of a pedagogic electronic board. It is the first complete malian assembled wind turbine control system! This major achievement comes as part of the base skills acquisition program that took place lately! The control system consists of a three phase rectifier, a diversion load controller, a battery… Read more »
Activity in Mali is getting faster and faster as our malian team keeps on showing outstanding motivation to develop their skills in wind turbine manufacturing. This week we handed in the caps with the name of our Malian venture: EOL Mali. This is the first step in a team strengthening process that will take place… Read more »
The to be setup Malian windpower company is in need of a vehicle. The vehicle will be used to transport the people from the company to the production facility, to be able to transport materials, and also to go out to the installed turbines for service and maintenance. Stichting Katalysator has donated a Nissan KingCab… Read more »