Jelmer Tamis has taken the responsibility to setup and lead the “I love biogas” movement. Besides setting up an open source knowledge platform that contributes to the benefit for the people in developing countries he will also initiate and setup projects and workshops. See for more information: www.i-love-biogas.com
Tanzania News – 28 october 2010 – Visit to MVLTC in Mafinga
MVLTC stands for Mafinga Vocational Lutheran Training Center. This is a school where the students learn all kinds of practical skills like carpentry, electronics, and metal works. This centre is initiated by the Lutheran church. They started with building wind turbines and water pumping windmills already a couple of years ago, long before ‘I love… Read more »
Tanzania News – 16 october 2010 – Installation wind turbine in remote area
Last week we installed a wind turbine in the Serengeti district. It was quite challenging because there is no electricity in the vilage where we put the turbine. The closest available electricity is at about two hours driving on a rough road. We are very thankfull to Redcot who was doing the installation together with… Read more »
Tanzania News – 19 september 2010 – Master class success!
After finishing the tower and the HughPiggott 1.8 meter somewhere halfway the master class (as you can read in the last news contribution), all participants were confident that we also could succeed with the larger model. Last week we worked on two turbines with a rotor diameter of 3.0 meter; one producing 24V and one… Read more »
Tanzania News – 10 september 2010 – Piggott 1.8 meter finished in Master class
The last couple of days in the Master Class are marvelous! On 8 september, my birthday, the group finished the first turbine. It is a Piggott design with a rotor diameter of 1.8 meter charging one 12V battery. During the afternoon, the wind picked up. It was fantastic to see the wind turbine speeding up… Read more »
