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Companies in Wind Turbine Industry

Large Scale turbines:

• Friesian Enercon GmbH
• Kenetech Corporation
• Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd.
• Vestas Manufactures 1.5MW to 4.5MW turbines -- http://www.vestas.com/dk/Home/index.asp
• Nordex
• Bonus
• Gamesa
• DeWind
• Clipper -- http://www.clipperwind.com/index.htm

Home Scale Turbines:

• Bergey - known for rugged,reliable machines, especially the 25 ft diameter, 10 kw Excel http:// www.bergey.com/
• Southwest Windpower - There are 10 of these machines in Fairfield. Michael Havelka and Lonnie Gamble have had problems with support since World Power Technology was bougth out by Southwest Wind. A 3 kw machine at the ecovillage that had been in the air less than a year was deemed unrepairable by SW Wind,and we were forced to buy a new machine. BEWARE! http://www.windenergy.com
• African Wind Power (AWP)- These machines have had good reviews but we don't have any experience with them in Fairfield. http://scoraigwind.com/african36/

Comment by Mick Sagrillo, nationally known small wind system expert, on the AWP 3.6: "This is a very simple machine that does what it is supposed to do. It is quite heavy duty and build to last a long time. The turbine is easy to install, with simple tools. I am most impressed with the turbine’s slow speed and quiet operation. It is refreshing to see that a modern wind generator can be manufactures that is absolutely quiet in its operation.This is a very nice machine. I only wish someone in the US could build something as good as the AWP. We could use the competition, to say the least. And the low speed reliability. This is heavy metal, which is right in line with my ideas on wind turbine design. Nice job!!!"

External Links

• Hugh Piggot's excellent homebrew site from the island of Scoriag, off the coast of Scotland
• DOE - Wind and Hydro Basic Principles
• American Wind Energy Association
• National Wind Technology Center - Working with Industry
• Windpower Monthly
• Residential Wind - Q & A
• Yes2Wind
• Wind-works - Extensive Personal Site
• OtherPower - Build from Scratch
• Windformer - Student Conceptual Designs
• /www.blueenergy.org/MultiMedia/Pictures/Albums/_Legacy/PicturePages/UnitedStates/Oregon/July_2004/TurbineManufacturing1.html

Iowa & Fairfield Links

• Iowa Energy Center - Wind Energy
• Ecovillage

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