[Glenn] from The Back Shed has built a lot of windmills and stationary generators over the years ... employing a 5.2 HP Kubota 4 stroke motor and a 12v car alternator to provide power.

This vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) uses five 3” PVC pipes cut in half for blades rotating on three kids bicycle wheels to spin an Ametek 38 volt motor or a wind blue alternator. The whole ...

It involves converting various types of energy—whether from wind, solar, or even heat—into electricity. The great thing about this DIY generator is that it’s adaptable; you can integrate different ...

The best solar panels for RVs free you from dependency on external power sources, allowing you to truly travel anywhere you ...

Luckily, you can turn all of that junk into a beautiful DIY wind chime to decorate your outdoor space. Old keys, buttons, cans, safety pins, beads, washers, bottle caps, chains, soda can tabs ...

Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy from wind into mechanical energy. When used with an electrical generator, the rotation of the wind turbine’s blades turns a shaft to produce electricity. There ...

Welcome to the wind turbine graveyard. It stretches a hundred metres from a bend in the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming. Between last September and this March, it will become the final ...

To get things up and running again, you need a portable generator. The quietest, lightest, and most powerful 2,200-watt generator we tested is easy to start, and the Bluetooth app makes monitoring ...

Keep building materials local by building a DIY wood kiln to dry locally harvested and milled lumber. After being inspired by creations they’d spotted online, The Farm at Okefenokee co-founder ...

The wind spins the blades, which turn a shaft connected to a generator that produces electricity. The biggest wind turbines generate enough electricity in a year (about 12 megawatt-hours ...

Fran Scott explores how PhD student Jon Sumanik-Leary from the University of Sheffield is developing a DIY wind turbine for isolated Third World communities. Conventional wind turbines (and other ...

Celebrate special occasions with cupcake-shaped candles using a silicone cupcake candle mold for a vanilla-scented soy wax DIY cupcake candle. Cupcakes are a great way to celebrate any occasion.