Sunseed News

Here are some of the highlights of what we did.

• Installed new 930Ah traction batteries at the Main House
• Wind turbine course – installed a 1kW turbine at an off-grid cortijo
• Annual maintenance of the Sunseed wind turbine in the Solar Garden:
• rotor alignment, balancing of blades, protective coating
• Built open source wind turbine controller circuit and dump load
• Major overhaul of the ram pump
• Installed a battery monitor to Isabella’s using an M10 bolt as a shunt
• Irrigation line maintenance – cleaning pipes, fixing leaks
• PV course – designed and installed off-grid PV system at Isabella’s
• Measured IV curves of all the different PV modules
• Software simulation of all three PV systems with PVSyst
• Helped with refurbishment of the cana bridge
• Hosted Greenpeace scouts for irrigation line maintenance
• Several AT tours
• Visit to Plataform Solar
• Wind turbine article for Ecohabitar magazine