There were stalls, hands-on activities and demonstrations of renewable energy technologies with trained staff to explain the systems and answer your questions:
- solar water heating
- photovoltaics (solar electricity)
- wind turbines
- solar fountains
- model solar cars & boats
- solar ovens
- & much more
Wind turbines convert energy from the wind into electrcial energy.
horizontal axis wind turbine
vertical axis wind turbine
Wind turbines donated by:
>>Ampair website
An educational solar water heating system shows how the sun can provide more than 50% of your hot water even in "sunny" Sheffield.
mobile solar water heating demonstrator
Self build solar ovens, made from cardboard and aluminum cooking foil.
solar ovens
One of these ovens will be boiling a kettle, allowing us to serve "SOLAR" Coffee and Tea.
