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How do you convince a power company to let you play with their multi-million-dollar wind turbine? Call yourself an artist instead of a hacker! [Michael Pendry] convinced Siemens to let him install...
View ArticleSustainability Hack: Wind turbine battery charger
Hit your parts bin and set aside an afternoon to build a wind turbine that recharges batteries. You can see two AA batteries hanging off the side of this small generator. You only need a few parts to...
View ArticleSustainability Hacks: Wind turbine generator
With a little bit of thought put into the build, a wind turbine generator can be one of the greenest ways to generate electricity. Wind power doesn’t require a semiconductor fab lab (unlike solar...
View ArticleMake a Wind Turbine from 55 Gallon Drums
Although there are several vertical axis wind turbines listed on greenterrafirma’s page, the one built with 55 gallon drums was especially interesting to us. Although the spouse approval factor of...
View ArticleWindmill made from washing machine, 555 chip
Green hacks implement one of two philosophies. The first is über-technical, with very expensive, high-quality components. The other side of this coin creates green power out of junk. [Timot] obviously...
View Article7-Foot DIY Wind Turbine Proves Size Matters
When [brokengun] decided to build a 7 ft diameter wind turbine, he had no idea how to even start, so he did as most of us would do and read some books on the topic. His design criteria was that it...
View ArticleExtrinsic Motivation: Daisy Kite Airborne Wind Turbine
Got another THP entry for ya’ll that didn’t quite make the cut, but is worth sharing. This time we are featuring an airborne wind turbine that, as the project description states, ‘can harvest strong...
View Article3D Printed Wind Turbine Uses Bamboo
Using wood and aluminum for wind turbines is one thing, but how about 3D printing the blades and using bamboo to hold them together? [Jeff Heidbrier] of Hero Electronics decided to try something new....
View ArticleJuice-Spewing Wind Turbine Bootstrapped from Bike Parts
Wind Turbines are great, they let us humans harness the energy of the wind. Wind is free and that is good, but spending a ton of money on a wind turbine setup begins to make the idea less appealing....
View ArticleDaisy Kite Wind Turbine: Now You Can Buy One
The Isle of Lewis is the largest of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, sitting in the North Atlantic off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. It is the first landfall after thousands of miles of ocean...
View ArticleLean Thinking Helps STEM Kids Build a Tiny Windfarm
When we see a new build by [Gord] from Gord’s Garage, we never know what to expect. He seems to be pretty skilled at whatever he puts his hand to, with a great design sense and impeccable...
View ArticleMicro Wind Turbine For Hikers
[Nils Ferber] is a product designer from Germany. His portfolio includes everything from kitchen appliances to backpacks. One project, though, has generated a bit of attention. It’s a micro wind...
View ArticleFlat Pack Generators
We just wrapped up the Power Harvesting challenge in the Hackaday Prize, and with that comes some solutions to getting power in some very remote places. [Vijay]’s project is one of the best, because...
View ArticleLooking at Wind Turbines From a Different Angle
When we think of wind turbines, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the typical Sim City-esque type – 3 blades, gigantic, and wired into the municipal power grid. In truth, the world of wind...
View ArticlePower Generation Modules Mix and Match Wind, Water, and Hand Cranks
What’s great about the Power Generation Modules project headed by [Cole B] is the focus on usability and modularity. The project is a system for powering and charging small devices using any number and...
View ArticleDIY Wind Turbine for Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
There are plenty of places outside where you may like to have a project requiring electricity that may not get enough sun for solar power to be viable. Perhaps wind power could be used instead? [Greg]...
View ArticleBreathing Underwater Using Wind Power
As hackers, our goal is to reuse something in a way in which it was not intended and [Rulof Maker] is a master at this. From his idyllic seaside location in Italy, he frequently comes up with brilliant...
View ArticleGenerating Power with Wind, Water, and Solar
It is three weeks after the apocalypse. No zombies yet. But you do need to charge your cell phone. How do you quickly make a wind turbine? If you’ve read this project, you might reach for a few empty...
View ArticleTurn a Ceiling Fan Into a Wind Turbine… Almost
It’s not uncommon to drive around the neighborhood on trash day and see one or two ceiling fans haphazardly strewn onto a pile of garbage bags, ready to be carted off to the town dump. It’s a shame to...
View Article3D Print A Complete Wind Generator
For many of us our landscapes are dotted with wind turbines, the vast majority of which are horizontally aligned as if they were giant aircraft propellers. A much rarer sight is the vertical wind...
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