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Wind Power: A Great Alternative Energy Source for Your Home

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:42:41 +0000

If you’re concerned with the your home’s rising power costs, maybe it’s time you started to look at alternative energy power generation. Simple power generation systems that harness the power of the wind and the sun can help you chip away at your bills. And if you’ve got the money to invest, large scale commercially [...]

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Getting Started With Solar Panels at Home – Proper Planning for an Effective Installation

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:44:34 +0000

If you’re reading this article, then chances are you’re just like many other Americans who are in need of renewable energy due to the rising costs of electricity. You’re not alone. The feelings among many people in response to the rising costs are mutual. The fact that you’re reading this article also indicates that you [...]

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Building a Residential Wind Turbine – Research Thoroughly Before You Build

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:38:42 +0000

Before you take the next big step toward installing a residential wind turbine, here are some things to consider. These are important factors that you must take into account, lest you desire the legality of your actions to come into question, or to end up with a non-functioning and unsafe machine. Remember, the purpose of [...]

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DIY Basics-What You Need To Build a Solar Panel from Photovoltaic Cells

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:59:08 +0000

On your quest for energy independence, you’ve undoubtedly considered using solar energy to lower your electric bills. That’s GREAT! It’s an excellent way to get your feet wet with green power, and it’s also very easy to build your own solar panels. You’ll be joining thousands of other people that are starting to explore alternative [...]

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Animation of how a wind turbine works

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:35:26 +0000

How does a wind turbine work? As you can see from the illustration, wind moves across the blades and causes lift, much like an airplane wing does. Since the blades are connected to an alternator/generator/gearbox arrangement, this lift cause the blades to rotate, and in turn spin the generator. The generator then converts this rotational [...]

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Before you build wind or solar power generators, improve your home’s energy efficiency

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:15:43 +0000

If you’re feeling the pinch of high energy costs, join the club. Sky high fuel and oil costs have certainly caused people to start rethinking their energy situation. In the long run this is a good thing, since it pushes us down the path of energy independence. Unfortunately though, in the short term, it just [...]

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Installed U.S. Wind Energy capacity hits the 20000 MW mark

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:50:38 +0000

According to a recent press release by the American Wind Energy Association, the installed capacity of wind turbines has surpassed the 20000 megawatt mark! The amazing thing about this is that it took over 2 decades to hit the 10000 megawatt mark, and only 2 years to double that amount. Indeed an amazing feat. Currently, [...]

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