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Wind Maps
US Wind maps are available at:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/wind_resource.html
Northwestern US maps:
http://www.windpowermaps.org/default.asp
British Wind Energy Association:
California Wind Maps
http://www.energy.ca.gov/maps/wind.html
These turbines are designed to run with no loads connected (freewheel):
The reason it is good for a turbine to be able to freewheel is that if
something goes wrong with the electrical load, the turbine will not self-destruct.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1305
Tower Safety:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1355
Purchasing a turbine - things to think about - after Michael Klemen decided to purchase the Proven WT2500
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/109
Small turbine design issues
Mike Bergey:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/200
Why a turbine should govern & limit output:
Eric Eggleston:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/444
Hugh Piggott:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/446
Michael Klemen:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/439
Eric Eggleston (a new post):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/704
Hugh Piggott on Stall Regulation:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1314
Turbine Efficiency...how to calculate:
Eric Eggleston:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/936
turbine efficiencies calculated at rated output:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/932
Betz limit for a turbine (maximum theoretical efficiency you can possibly get from a wind machine):
Eric Eggleston - new post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/7677
Eric Eggleston - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/994
Betz limit by analogy:
Eric Eggleston - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/996
Braking...how do you get the thing to stop?
Eric Eggleston
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1287
Wind Shear - the wind speed gets higher the taller the tower...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/4661
Stray Voltage Puzzle discussion ... including grounding & lightning protection
Question: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/657
Answer: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/658
Solution: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/660
Grounding... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/661
bonding... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/665
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/668
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/669
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/670
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/675
...resolved http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/677
for those who are still confused...
restating the ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/672
and the A: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/673
Tower raising/safety
using truck... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/677
using winch... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/682
using GripHoist http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/1998/energy/msg01405.html
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/1998/energy/msg01473.html
Why not to test turbines in wind tunnels
Eric Eggleston: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/192
Corey's pics with the "big" ones:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/2146
Miscellaneous
an installation by Claus Nybroe
http://www.windmission.dk/projects/turner/turner.html
Hugh Piggott's trip to Africa
http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/sitca/scoraigwindelectric/powervision/Temaruru.html
Picture and text ... Jeanette Fitzsimons
http://www.greens.org.nz/people/jeanette/JF-pg3.html
Skin effect for conductors
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/420
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/421
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/426
Can we use an old 32 V turbine with a 12V battery?
using Max Power Point Tracking
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/761
or Corey suggested rewinding:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/766
Max Power Tracking for wind turbines
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1002
Elliott Bayly on Max Power Tracking for Turbines
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1255
Energy Payback for Renewable Energy
A different way to think about energy payback:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/4387
Data Logging equipment
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1199
A short series on data acquisition by Michael Klemen
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1203
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1231
Hall Effect Sensors:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1258
Commercial Turbine Sites (physical locations)
Vermont: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/33
Hugh Piggott's trip: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/407
Japan: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/680
http://homepage1.nifty.com/cubo/wind/indexe.htm
http://www.tronc.co.jp/iwtmap.html
Midwest: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1213
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/1235
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