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

[Matt Tritt]

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Too add to Hugh's great info, while beating my head against the monolithic
wall of the CEC approval mechanism, I discovered that Fortis got approval by
being grandfathered in. What a good joke! Fortis had never had any units
here until the group in the bay area (strictly a non-industry promotional
company) brought them in; not that it matters. The approval person informed
me that the same method was used by Bergey and SWWP! This means that these
companies don't have to actually meet the requirements that any "new"
companies do to get CEC rebates. What a nice, level playing field.

Matt T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Piggott" <hugh at scoraigwind.co.uk>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:07 AM
Subject: RE: Wind Turbines with Windy Boy Inverter - Point Power
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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
>


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