The Tech Junkies put up a build log of a wind turbine that ended up being a very easy build. In the interests of sustainability, The Tech Junkies found an old 1.5 HP DC treadmill motor.

For different wind situations, there are even some differing STL gear choices to speed up the motors. The motors are 12V devices, so we’re guessing the output voltage will be in that ballpark.

The German company TenneT Offshore GmbH is using an 800 MW HVDC Light transmission system to connect offshore wind farms located in the North Sea DolWin1 cluster to the German national grid. The wind ...