Last week the first international conference on small scale (local build) wind turbines was held in Dakar, Senegal. The one-week conference was part of the bigger World Social Forum. I was very excited to go there, because I could meet with a lot of people that I only know by e-mail. Moreover for me it… Read more »

This group in the Singida Master Class performed beyond every expectation! In the last two weeks they achieved to: build 2 turbines (type HughPiggott; 3 meter diameter; peak power at 1 kW) prepare 3 sites, one site at VETA-ground for testing purpose and two sites in rural area weld 2 complete gin-pole constructions prepare 2… Read more »

Today was a special day in the master class. First of all, it was decided by the participants themselves to continue working on saturday. Whereas normally in such a training, saturday would be part of the free weekend. So we started this saturday at 8 am in the morning like every training day. After tea-break… Read more »

The Tanzanian Rural Energy Agency (REA) makes it possible for us to give another master class on small scale wind turbines in Tanzania already in january 2011. This time we are hosted by the Vocational Education Training Association (VETA) of Singida. Singida town is situated in the center of the country, about 3 hours driving… Read more »