Wind Turbines with Windy Boy Inverter - Point Power [RE-wrenches]

[Hugh Piggott]

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At 6:46 PM -0700 26/6/04, Doug Pratt wrote:
>
>Yes Geoff, Power Point Systems of San Jose, CA is the North American
>licensee of Fortis wind plants from Holland. They've got a 1kW and a 6kW
>listed on the CEC eligible equipment list (beats me how).
>
>They've been courting me pretty hard, trying to get into the next
>edition of the Solar Living Sourcebook, and other RG publications.
>Finally tracked down their lineage thanks to Paul Gipe, who probably
>knows more about the world wind turbine scene than anyone. He didn't
>exactly give them a thumbs-down, but did say he wouldn't buy one.

Fortis is Johan Kuikman.  Do not deal with this man.  He used to be 
LMW, sold that and founded Fortis making the same machines.  The nice 
image on this web page http://www.fortiswindenergy.com/ actually 
shows an LMW machine on Scoraig.  I took the photo.  You can learn 
about the machine's history in brief highlights on my site at 
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk/Scoraig/LMW.htm  I think I replaced the 
blades about six times and the alternator maybe three times.  Untold 
fatigue failures of the structure.  Basically it could not do 3.6kW 
when hot but it thrashed itself to pieces trying.  Worked much better 
when I had modified the tail to reduce the rpm but every now and then 
they sent a couple of students up to 'study' it and they cranked it 
back up to full speed and left before it auto-destructed again.


>
>Found this fairly scary website outa the UK.
http://www.galeforce.uk.com/Turbine%20warning.htm

That looks familiar :-)

On the subject of Galeforce and Fortis:

At 7:16 PM +0100 1/4/03, KissimmeeVillas wrote:
>
>Dear Hugh
>
>Could you please give me some advise as I have been left high and 
>dry by an installer that
>has left me with a half erected turbine.
>I have a 6 kw turbine (montana) and a 10 kw inverter but do not know 
>anything about
>batteries, how many I will need? what wattage? where to get them and 
>how much to pay/
>
>The equipment was going to be installed by Galeforce but we have not been able
>to contact the owner for some time, his supplier is a company in 
>Holland(Fortis wind energy)
>and the owner of that company has recommended that I buy a 10 kw 
>inverter for my system
>but has not got a great idea about batteries.
>
>I have everything hear now apart from the inverter and batteries the 
>mast is in situe and all
>the cable laid underground and the company in Holland will come and 
>connect it all (I don't
>know how much that will cost) but seeing that I have been left in 
>the lurch I do not have much
>of an option.
>
>Hope you can give me some advise.
>
>Keith Kirby(Leeds)
>
><mailto:Keith at kissimmeevillas.us>Keith at kissimmeevillas.us
>


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Hugh
Scoraig Wind Electric
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk/
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