From pgipe@igc.apc.orgThu Nov 2 21:10:48 1995 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 19:12:26 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Gipe To: london@sunsite.unc.edu Subject: Re: Request for wind generator plan Ken Grant wrote >Does anyone have a plans for a small wind generator - please email : >kgrant@memo.gov.mb.ca It's generally unwise for most people to try to build their own wind turbine from scratch. DIYs can save more money by installing commercial wind turbines themselves and they'll end up with something far more functional. There kits and plans available from Jade Mountain, the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales, and other European sources. Paul Gipe Paul Gipe & Assoc.; 208 S. Green St., #5; Tehachapi, CA 93561; ph: +805 822 9150; fax: +805 822 8452; pgipe@igc.apc.org/pgipe@mcimail.com Contributing editor to Independent Energy magazine and WindStats and author of Wind Power for Home & Business (Post Mills VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, June 1993), and Wind Energy Comes of Age (New York: John Wiley & Sons, May 1995)--http://keynes.fb12.tu-berlin.de/luftraum/konst/gwindpower.html, and http://keynes.fb12.tu-berlin.de/luftraum/konst/gwindenergy.html.