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Weekend Workshop Wind and Solar Hybrids - next workshop fall 2010
Call (519) 632-8830
or (519) 584-5020 after hours
The New Personal Power-Pack Training Trailer, the "P-Cubed Trailer " will be shown at the new facility in Ayr ON ( Near Cambridge) . Watch for details soon on the FREE Wind News
Two Day Hands-on Training. Workshop $425 including taxes, snacks, Coffee, drinks, workbook and CD
Learn the theory and practical application of PERSONAL POWER SYSTEMS,
Wind turbines, towers, inverters, batteries, Grid Tie, solar and more, all in one weekend.
To REQUEST a SEAT email
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or call  (519) 632-8830 or (519) 584-5020 after hrs
Workshop are held in Ayr Ontario monthly and normally - Sat and Sun only - No Megawatt turbines to visit like we used to do up in Ferndale, but lots to learn on how to design, install and operate wind and solar hybrid systems
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Design and Install a Complete Wind Turbine/Solar System
Instructor David Cooke, President of TRUE-NORTH Power NG, operates the FREE Wind Test Centre now in Ayr ON near Kitchener, Cambridge, area and has personally installed and/or serviced over 200 wind turbines or wind/solar renewable energy systems across Ontario, the Maretimes, US, and Caribbean since 2002. As military helicopter pilot, astronaut candidate and software developer for satellite tracking applications, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Aerospace engineering, Internet development and controller technology to the renewable energy industry. The FREE Wind Test Centre is the World Training Centre for wind turbine Dealers and Installers of WIND ARROW turbines and now offers this detailed hands-on knowledge to individuals and companies who want to take advantage of the ability to generate, store and manage their own FREE power source "Behind-the-Meter". This course has been a great success at the FREE Wind Test Centre on the Bruce Pennisula for nearly 5 years and has also been hosted near Milton ON in the Toronto area. As a speaker in past years at the Canadian Wind Energy Association's (CanWEA) annual general meeting, Mr. Cooke explains why Small Wind is NOT Big Wind. "The only two things BIG and Small wind have in common is Wind and Bureaucracy . . and I'm not sure that's actually two things". At one CanWEA conference in Toronto, Mr. Cooke delivered two presentations on local zoning by-law issues and why selling personal power systems is unlike selling anything else, because you are replacing a service with a product.
Read on for Course Outline or read What they say
Reserve a Seat - or best call (519) 632-8830
Wind Workshop AGENDA is always being improved with new info on new systems.
Here is the "OverView"
SATURDAY - DAY ONE (Theory & Design)
WIND AND SOLAR THEORY
GENERAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE
WIND AND SOLAR HYBRID SYSTEMS
SITE ASSESSMENT and CLIMATE DATA SOURCES using Google Earth and Wind Atlases
INSPECTIONS & APPROVALS
NET METERING AND MicroFIT CONTRACT OPTIONS
ReSOP Project Planning
Designing for Solar Thermal
SUNDAY - DAY TWO (Technology & Installation)
ALL HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, YOU'LL DO IT ALL
TOWER DESIGN, LAYOUT & SITE PREPARATION
CURRENT TURBINE TECHNOLOGY - WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN'T
PV SOLAR INTEGRATION AND MOUNTING SYSTEMS
INVERTER OPTIONS & WIRING
BATTERIES - TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS & CARE
TURBINE & SOLAR TOWER INSTALLATION and TESTING
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
GRID-TIE and OFF-GRID POWER MANAGEMENT
The workshop is held at the True North facility in Ayr Ontario
Ayr Ontario is south of the 401 just a few miles west of Cambridge and the TRUE-NORTH building is on your left hand side of Northumberland St just before the centre of town between Manley St and Gibson St. Parking in front or around back. Lots of bed and Breakfast in the area. Registration at 8 am Sat for distance travelers. In order to reserve a seat please send a $200 deposit cheque payable to:
TRUE-NORTH Power NG, 53 Northumberland St, Ayr ON N0B 1E0. Call (519) 632-8830 for info.
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY to assure rooms are available. Prior to summer tourist season and other holidays rooms can be booked well in advance. Camping is usually available locally but it fills early in the summer season.
$425 Including all taxes, coffee, snacks and materials for the full 2 days
For Wind and Solar Dealers and Self-Installers - You will learn every important aspect of systems design, siting, installation, operations and maintenance for small wind turbines and solar PV, along with how to integrate components into an expandable hybrid power system. We don't just cover the theory and application but also the performance trade-offs and marketing issues, environmental, bylaws and safety considerations and we physically assemble and test a full hybrid wind and solar PV system and make it work during the workshop. There's an 80 page binder of all the presentation material and a 25 page Systems Integration Guide as well as a ton more calculators, install photos and help files on a CD so it's well worth the price. If you are a Dealer/Installer with more than one attendee, each employee from your company is only $386. (approx 10% off each one)
What they Say . . .
Hi Dave........Dave here (Smart Car guy) First off let me thank you again for the great weekend......absolutely fabulous.....you really put us all through the paces. I loved it.......my brain is in Overload Mode still.....so I'm so glad I have the binder, your CD and my tapes for review......so much information........I'm sure some of it would be lost forever without those materials for review.
Hi Dave:
"Overall, I found the workshop excellent. Your leadership, knowledge and passion in this field is motivating. Thanks again. Peter.
"Hi Dave,
I would like to thank you on your workshop course, and for the way you presented the material on turbines, towers, batteries, solar panels & layouts of all components etc. It was one the best informed workshops that I have ever attended over the years. I noticed the women, on the course, were very pleased in how you answered their concerns and situations. They understood your different type of examples, answering their questions. For anybody going to build a new house or cottage, in a remote area, I would highly recommend, for them, to take your weekend workshop. Thanks again, sincerely Jerry."
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