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SMALL WIND SYSTEMS FOR BATTERY CHARGING

A guide for development workers Contract R 7105 By Simon Dunnett, Smail Khennas and Hugh Piggott This booklet outlines the potential for using small wind generators to charge batteries à typically motorcycle, car or lorry batteriesà for use in households where mains electricity has not yet reached. In many countries of the world this is the case for the majority of the population, and in some rural areas almost all the population. This booklet will deal with some of the non-technical aspects of promoting wind energy for rural electrification, as well as giving a guide to needs assessment, resource assessment and technology choice. Examples from Peru and Sri Lanka are used to illustrate some issues. For a more detailed look at the wind generator itself, see the technical manuals produced along with this booklet concerning generator and rotor manufacture (details are given in Appendix I). Part 1 gives an overview of the technology of domestic scale wind generation. It looks at the technology itself as well as site and resource assessment, needs assessment and economics. Part 2 looks at the bigger picture; how small scale wind energy can be part of a sustainable supply of energy to ru

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