Welcome to the V3 Power site
We are a renewable energy cooperative that focus on building, installing and running courses about renewable energy and appropriate technology.
Upcoming Courses
How to Build a Wind Turbine - 5 Day Course
27th - 31st January 2010, Rossport, Ireland More details of the course
Introduction to Building a Wind Turbine - Weekend Course
26th - 28th February 2010, The Workhouse, Llanfyllin, Wales
More details of the course
How to Build a Wind Turbine - 5 Day Course
Mid April, venue tbc More details of the course
How to Build a Wind Turbine - 5 Day Course
Late June, Near Oxford More details of the course
We are also starting to run fortnightly evening classes in Nottingham at the beginning of February.
How to Build a Wind Turbine - evening classes
February - April, Nottingham More details of the course
To book on to any course please send us an email with your details and stating which course you're interested in - info@v3power.co.uk
Recent Events:
Oscar
We built a 2.4m turbine over the course of a cold November week near Stamford which will be used to help power a mobile cinema. Pictures available here
Jim
We built a 1.2m turbine on a wet October weekend at Earthworm housing coop near the Welsh border. Pictures here. Report with videos here.
Climate Camps
V3 went on the road this summer, facilitating power from the wind and running workshops at Climate Camp Cymru in Merther Tydfil and the Camp for Climate Action on Blackheath common in London. A write up of the london event can be found here
Course at Sunseed in Spain
Two V3 engineers ran a course and built a beautiful turbine at Sunseed Desert Technology, pictures and write up here
Weekend Course in Cambridge
We recently built a 1.8m 300W turbine with a great group down in Cambridge. The turbine is going to live on a farm and be used for climate camp this summer. Pictures from the course
Sunrise Festival
V3 spent a week at the sunrise festival near Yeovil in Somerset, supplying power for a stage and running a diverse range of workshops including how to build a rocket stove, bike generators, hand built wind turbines and solar cooking.
Transition Town Sneinton Energy Festival
Transition Towns Nottingham is a movement we've been involved with for a while, and it was a pleasure to do a display about wind turbines, solar water heating, and pedal powered for this community event.
Other Projects
In the R+D department of V3 we've been looking into bike powered devices, in particular pedal powered generators using a permanent DC motors, and pedal powered smoothie makers. These are both available for demonstrations and events, and are a great way demonstating the effort needed to power stuff with your legs!
New on the Website
We now have a downloads section on our website, the purpose of which is to spread knowledge over the web by publishing "how to guides", installation manuals and other documents with info on DIY renewable energy. If you have anything you would like to put on the website, or similarly if you want information anything specific to go up there, let us know.
