Forum: Conservation
11-06-11, 07:40 AM
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Forum: The Billiards Room
11-03-11, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Conservation
11-03-11, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 109
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Apologies here from me to Daox, A.C H , and...
Apologies here from me to Daox, A.C H , and Sringer as well as in Billiards room for going off thread. Difficult for me to post comprehensive data as from month to month I find first my energy...
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Forum: The Billiards Room
11-03-11, 03:46 PM
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Apologies Daox, A.C.,and Sringer
Daox, A.C. Hacker, Sringer.Apologies for going off topic-you were quite right to call me to order.
I would say however it does n't always pay to get too serious. The UK site I use most...
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Forum: Conservation
11-03-11, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 109
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Piwoslaw-you use 4KWh per day and Poland's...
Piwoslaw-you use 4KWh per day and Poland's average is 7-8 KWH per day. How do you guys do that ? I don't have a vast knowledge of Poland but I imagine its very hot in Summer compared with the UK (no...
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Forum: Conservation
11-03-11, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 134,389
Sorry Xringer, we probably can't allow those...
Sorry Xringer, we probably can't allow those first two photographs as evidence. They look like forgeries to me . Still that will be up to the war crimes tribunal. (And another thing -we suspect that...
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Forum: Conservation
11-02-11, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 109
Views: 134,389
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Forum: Wind Power
10-03-11, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
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Forum: Wind Power
09-08-11, 03:04 PM
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Is wind power cheaper ? In the Uk and probably...
Is wind power cheaper ? In the Uk and probably elsewhere it receives huge subsidies so comparing lifetime prices is difficult. One thing is for sure as commercial wind turbines of the Hawt design get...
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Forum: Wind Power
08-26-11, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Big Als Update
Been a while since I posted progress on the "megawatt in a shoebox project". Well things are moving. You might remember that the vast quantities of power generated were part of a larger project to...
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Forum: Wind Power
02-15-11, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Progress ??? Of a sort
Well, the plan for the several MW Vawt in a shoebox has hit a serious problem. I've now got 3 months of logged data and what it tells me is I have n't got enuff wind. About 1 m/s average. This I...
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Forum: Forum News & Feedback
11-14-10, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Forum News & Feedback
11-14-10, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,789
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Forum: Wind Power
11-08-10, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Patrick , things are moving. I should now have...
Patrick , things are moving. I should now have 30+ days of windlogging data and will post details of this asap so we know what sort of wind regime I have. meanwhile I've been reading sites and booke...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-07-10, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Wind Power
10-03-10, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
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Forum: Wind Power
09-30-10, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Of course , Provided I've enough strength left...
Of course , Provided I've enough strength left from push-ups to write a cheque. I have some hope now that Flodesign have received $35M they will ,in the spirit of true ecorenovators , pass on the...
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Forum: Wind Power
09-30-10, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Wind Power
09-29-10, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,796
May be repeat-think I forgot to press send b4....
May be repeat-think I forgot to press send b4. well we're a bit short of space in the UK and two of the powers in wind Netherlands and Denmark are n't too spacious either. Even in the Us ,OZ and NZ a...
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Forum: Wind Power
09-28-10, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 29
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Nibs -I don't know if you've read the Daox post...
Nibs -I don't know if you've read the Daox post on the jet turbine windmill but from that article I see the germ of an idea to save me push-ups. That is if I can get a " series B funding of $25M " It...
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Forum: Wind Power
09-28-10, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,796
and my apologies for letting a bit of sarcasm...
and my apologies for letting a bit of sarcasm sneak in. The point I was trying to make (not very well ) was that fans , propellors , turbines all have the same basic problem of trying to couple...
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Forum: Wind Power
09-27-10, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,796
Being retired I have a bit of reading time and...
Being retired I have a bit of reading time and have read the other posts on this subject. All I can say is I'm staggered (not you will have gathered a rare event , and its not always alcohol.....
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Forum: Wind Power
09-27-10, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,796
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Forum: Wind Power
09-27-10, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Nibs-I'm pretty ancient-- 5 push-ups might be...
Nibs-I'm pretty ancient-- 5 push-ups might be more appropriate. I don't think I can build a Vawt to be more efficient than a Hawt altho based purely on instinct I 'm not sure its impossible given the...
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Forum: Wind Power
09-27-10, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 41,565
Skyl4rk Have had a look at caleb's site. V....
Skyl4rk Have had a look at caleb's site. V. interesting as a potential problem for me is manufacture/procurement of suitable Vawt airfoils (aerofoils to me ).
coroplast looks interesting and...
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