9th International Conference on Small & Medium Wind Energy
By Daniele Pagani If you are interested in small wind turbines, you already know why September is an important month for the sector; for the others, it is because it …
Nordic Folkecenter supports the project “Mills to Megawatts: A Journey of Wind Energy across Europe”: A Joint Wind History Archive Project
A grant of 10.000 € has been awarded to The Mills Archive Trust and the World Wind Energy Association for them to explore European-wide opportunities to preserve and share the …
Experiment: Sphagnum versus coconut mulch/coco coir
Mathias Dyreborg, our organic farmer, has done a small experiment with iceberg lettuce and set up the camera so we can follow along. Below you can watch the video where …
Webinar: Er der en fremtid for husbatterier?
Solcelleejerne har vidst det længe: Det er ikke altid vi er hjemme, til at bruge vores hjemmeproducerede strøm, når den er ”frisk fra produktion”. Derfor sælges den til den aktuelle …
Nordic Folkecenter Visits JEEP Folkecenter in Uganda
Nordic Folkecenter’s volunteer Lene Høgh and Sustainability Manager Gitte Davidsen were in November 2023 on a monitoring visit to Uganda in connection with our CISU-supported project Climate Action for Improved & Sustainable Livelihoods (CAISL).
VIDEO: Cooking on the sun generator in november
“Dark is november” is the title of a danish autum-song by Thorkild Bjørnvig. That’s true but despise the limited amount of sun this time of year, our pv-panels are still …
FC has a new Electric Car!
Former trainees – or anyone who has been in Folkecenter in the last ten years – will remember the “Red car”, companion of many excursions and adventures. Well, time passes for everyone, including for the red car…and one day it is just time to move on!
Energiudspil – Husk vilkårene for husstandsvindmøller
Regeringens udspil om hurtig udbygning af vedvarende energi på land, med energiparker og mindre bureaukrati som værktøjer, er grundlæggende godt og nødvendigt. Det er vigtigt, at man i den forbindelse ikke glemmer landbefolkningen og deres muligheder for opstilling af husstandsvindmøller, lyder det fra Nordisk Folkecenter for Vedvarende Energi.
VIDEO: Less noisy blade-design for wind turbines
The speed at the end of the blades on big wind turbines is around 300 km/h. Our French trainee, engineering student Valentin Bobichon, has spent the summer here at Nordic …
Vestas turbine in Thy sets a world record for 24-hour production
In December 2022, Vestas began testing the company’s newest offshore wind turbine, V236-15MW, at the national test center for large wind turbines in Østerild, Thy. The turbine has now broken …