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Renewable Links

Wind Power

UK Wind speed map in realtime - check the wind in your area.

Hugh Piggot is the most talked-about man in wind power. Visit his website here:
http://www.scoraigwind.com/

Hugh's books are a valuable reference for DIYers:
http://www.scoraigwind.com/books/books.htm

http://www.gotwind.org/ - An excellent DIY Home-made wind power site, demonstrating simple low-cost low power turbines that can be made from everyday objects.

Andre's excellent site on wind turbines in France:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/andre.homepages/

Furniture Manufacturer powered by wind:
http://www.houseofwood.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm

http://www.windmonitoring.co.uk/ professional wind monitoring and consultancy.

Wireless Node powered by wind: A 200W navitron wind turbine used in Ireland to help provide wireless broadband to areas not accessible via telephone lines.

http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/batt_con.html Useful tips about wiring up batteries - more interesting than you think!

Helston College Windy Webbers

Solar Water Heating

Nick Hubbard's excellent DIY Solar Controller (PIC) / DIY install diary:
Nick Hubbard's Install

Nick Hubbard's Solar Water Heating Forum:
http://www.anotherurl.com/forums/index.php?c=4

General Renewable Links

www.epogee.co.uk Training courses for DIY and professionals in Renewable Energy

http://flood.firetree.net/ - maps of the UK/World with sealevel raised by up to 14m. Check whether your home goes under!

http://groups.google.com/group/UK-renewable-energy UK-based newsgroup for discussion of all aspects of renewable energy

Home Power magazine is the Hands-on Journal of Home-Made Power. If you are interested in: making your own electricity from renewable energy, alternative vehicles, or finding out the latest in related technologies and life-styles, then this publication can keep you up to date.

www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Environmental group set up by individuals in Herefordshire's Golden Valley

Centre for Alternative Technology (Wales). This is the original UK eco-centre and is a great day out. Areas convered include renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency, organic growing and alternative sewage systems. Visitor centre open 7 days a week, mail-order products, educational services etc.

Low-Impact Living Initiative is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to help people reduce their impact on the environment, improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier and more satisfying way, have fun, and save money

Green Building Press - Information and publications to help you create
healthy and ecological homes and buildings.

Fourseasons Fuel - Four Seasons Fuel - Fuel suppliers for gas, charcoal, logs, kindling in Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK

Consumer Utility Services : Check out the best deal on home energy

Dick Strawbridge: Find out what Dick Strawbridge is up to in the field of Renewable Energy

Lister Vegetable CHP system: Use a lister CS antique stationary engine to generate electricity whilst heating your house!

TOP50: Lists the top50 and top100 renewable energy sites in europe based on popularity....look out for the navitron site!!

http://www.hi-energy.org.uk/ Renewable Energy website for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, UK

http://www.resurgence.org/carboncalculator/ Calculate your annual carbon dioxide emission.

End of Suburbia online video, with an important message about oil reserves. I did not realise how obvious the message is. Quite an old video, but now it is beginning to make sense....

http://www.zonnepanelen.wouterlood.com/index_uk.htm Very informative DIY Solar PV site

Solar Electric

http://www.zonnepanelen.wouterlood.com/index_uk.htm Very informative DIY Solar PV site

Free online Solar PV Performance Prediction Software

Power Solar System Information site relating to solar power

Energy Efficiency Links

http://www.boilers.org.uk/ database comparing central heating boiler efficiencies

Personal Links

Adrenalin Sports Cars custom-build lamborghini replicas to your specification. Have your dream car built to exacting standards for a fraction of the cost of a genuine lamborghini

I have a US band named after me: www.ivanlucas.com

www.timhunkin.com : find out what the author/presenter of The Secret Life Of Machines TV series is doing now.

http://www.wxtrade.com/  An alternative to ebay (specialising in renewable energy products)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Westmill-coop/

http://www.stationaryengineparts.com/ Suppliers of Lister CS stationary engines plus spares.

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