Dear Jo,
Many thanks for this information. I had seen BWEA but completely missed the
Build Your Own page, which is incredibly useful. The other links are good
too.
Best wishes,
Phil Brown
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> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] East Midlands Wind Turbine Competition
>
>
> Dear Phil,
>
> My electricity supplier in London, Ecotricity, seem fairly keen on wind
> farms and have a rather
> nice website (http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/) and may be able to help.
>
> You might also be interested in these sites:
> The British Wind Energy Association: http://www.bwea.com and their
> "Build your own turbine"
> site at: http://www.bwea.com/you/byo.html
> Embrace the Revolution http://www.embracewind.com/
> BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4560139.stm
>
> Also, if you just put "wind turbines" or "wind farms" in Google and note
> the addresses of the
> sites that'll give plenty of information on who's interested in them -
> and who's not in favour.
>
> There was an article in The Times a year or so ago by an architect whose
> name escapes me,
> in praise of wind farms; probably it coincided with the photography
> exhibition held near the
> London Eye of turbines around the UK (Magnum photographers).
>
> Apparently Amy Turner from Turton High School won a wind turbine
> competition in Lancashire:
> http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2004/4/9/498013.html
>
> Best wishes,
> Jo
>
> Jo Brodie
> Science Information Officer / Islet Project Coordinator
> Diabetes UK.
>
>
> >
>
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