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		<title>What You Want To Know Before Building A Wind Turbine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind generators are now made available for you to be used as an alternative source of having your own electricity at home with out worrying a lot on your monthly electrical bills.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wind generators are now made available for you to be used as an alternative source of having your own electricity at home with out worrying a lot on your monthly electrical bills.</p>
<p>For you personally to manage to develop wind generator electrical power, you must first have the basic information and also the will to work on a little project of your own. It does not take as significantly expert knowledge as you believe to develop a small wind turbine that will help to power your home.</p>
<p>Wind generators enable you to eradicate your monthly bills. You may not worry about leaving lights, the TV or air conditioner on too long &#8211; you have a free source of eco-friendly electrical power.</p>
<p>Building wind generator power is really not that tough a task to complete. It just requires the correct understanding and understanding you are able to understand from an expert manual.</p>
<p>Acquiring a strategy to develop wind generator electrical power ought to be your next move upon learning the pros and cons about the solution to develop a wind generator. There are a lot of internet websites which may help you discover the simplest ways to build wind generator electrical power.</p>
<p>A very complex one does not necessarily mean that it&#8217;s the greatest one to pick for your wind generator electrical power project. To construct wind generator power, initially plan what you would like your very personal wind generator to become. You might also take into account the budget which you have on hand to have the ability to construct wind generator power.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t just go and shop for the materials with out planning everything out &#8211; but in case you understand from the right manual it should not be as well expensive. And you ought to not worry about how much it will cost you, for you personally will certainly get your each penny&#8217;s worth after you construct your wind generator.</p>
<p>So prepare yourself now for this new and exciting personal project of yours. You may not just enjoy the whole procedure, you may also surely take pride that you have come up a method to build wind generator power that will help you and your family save funds, and save mother earth.</p>
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		<title>Can You Convert Your Home Into A Solar Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to converting your home into a solar home, there are several alternatives, because not all homes have the same problems, the same requirements or the same potential sustainable power sources. Therefore, if you are going to attempt a total conversion or even get off the grid entirely, you will either need to do some do research or call in an expert to make a survey for you.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to converting your home into a solar home, there are several alternatives, because not all homes have the same problems, the same requirements or the same potential sustainable power sources. Therefore, if you are going to attempt a total conversion or even get off the grid entirely, you will either need to do some do research or call in an expert to make a survey for you.</p>
<p>If you call in an expert, try to get an independent one, so that you can work out the costs of satisfying your energy requirements yourself. You will have to pay for such a survey, naturally, but you could carry out a report yourself with a bit of work on your behalf. In order to create a solar home, you may find the rest of this article interesting.</p>
<p>There are fundamentally two types of solar design: passive and active solar energy. Passive solar energy can be used to supply heating, cooling and natural light for your home. Active solar energy is used for powering home appliances, tools and lighting. It is the perfect combination of these two kinds of solar energy that you will try to achieve, if you are trying to convert your home into a solar home.</p>
<p>You can make use of passive solar energy methods in many ways, although they are more easily incorporated in during the actual construction phase of a new home. The largest area of glass should face south or be within 30 degrees of due south. This will catch the maximum amount of heat. This heat can then be circulated around the house by stone floors and stone walls.</p>
<p>The central heating ducting and furnace fan can be used to assist, if need be. If the house becomes too hot in the summer, awnings or even solar panels could be dropped down in order to put the windows in shadow. When thinking of passive solar energy, you should try to think of ways of providing warmth and coolness without using electricity. For example, a skylight at the top of the stairs will allow the warmest air in the house to escape, since hot air rises. This will cause cooler air to be sucked into the house at lower levels.</p>
<p>The other aspect of a solar house is the creation of electricity by the deployment of solar panels grouped into solar arrays. Solar panels make use of photovoltaic cells to convert light into energy. This energy can then be used to power everyday electrical appliances of all kinds or some or all of it can be stored in batteries for later use. Conversion from AC (alternating current) to DC (direct current) and back again, if needed, is a straightforward affair.</p>
<p>Solar energy can also be used to heat water for the pool or for the home. The most usual type of system uses pipes filled with a type of anti-freeze to collect the sun&#8217;s heat and pass it on to tanks of water by means of a heat exchanger.</p>
<p>A solar home uses energy efficiency to reduce the need for heating, cooling and electricity. The use of higher grade insulation, more energy efficient windows, kitchen appliances and lighting than those used in traditional homes, will save you a lot of money and energy. As you can see, some of these changes, especially the passive ones are structural, so hard to apply in many homes, but there is always something you can do to cut your energy bills and slowly convert your home into a solar home.</p>
<p>Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is currently involved with a favourite subject &#8211; <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sustainableenergyathome.com/alternative-power-sources.html" >alternative power sources</a></noindex>. If you are interested in <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sustainableenergyathome.com" >Sustainable Energy At Home</a></noindex>, please click through to our site.</p>


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		<title>Saving On Your Power Bill By Creating A Wind Generator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Mitchell</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saving cash is essential to everybody which is the reason why more and more people are deciding to to build a wind turbine rather than paying for one.</p>
<p>Making a turbine yourself comes with many great advantages.</p>
<p>For starters, commercially manufactured wind turbines, while efficient are not as effective as they could be simply because they are mass-produced. To be able to mass produce something, it needs to be designed in a way that production costs are drastically reduced; even if that implies giving up some performance of the product.</p>
<p>It is not that difficult to build a wind turbine at your home. The most important components necessary for the building of a wind turbine are rare earth magnets like neodymium, epoxy resin, magnet wire and some plywood. The hardest aspect about creating your very own wind turbine is making the propeller blades and getting the windings right so that the power being created is usable in the home.</p>
<p>While you do this you&#8217;ll get lots of experience. Even if you are an avid do it yourselfer who loves to get his or her hands dirty, there is practically nothing like taking on a undertaking like building a wind turbine. Right from the start, you will have to use your hands and your head to make everything line up and function properly. With the help of do-it-yourself instructions, the process is made much simpler.</p>
<p>Your neighbours will come to you and ask you to assist them to build a wind turbine that they can use to power their households. Because of the practical knowledge of the construction process, you will instantly become the neighborhood expert on renewable power. Be ready to answer people&#8217;s questions regarding the building of your wind turbine as well as other potential questions regarding home power and energy savings techniques.</p>
<p>Preserving the planet is also crucial. While not everyone who selects to build a wind turbine is doing so out of appreciation for the world, the act of saving nature does have its benefits. The less energy you are utilizing from the power company, the less co2 is released into the environment. This means the less damage that will be done to the earth and allow upcoming generations to marvel at its existence.</p>
<p>Of course one could go on and on for days discussing the many benefits of using wind power in the home; but it is really obvious that they outweigh the costs.</p>
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		<title>Why Build A Homemade Wind Turbine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realistically speaking, electrical energy has been indeed among our basic necessities in our daily living. We use electricity now more than ever for our televisions, refrigerators, radio, computer, cell phones, and every thing else at home that makes use of electrical energy. Truly, an appliance will probably be useless without electricity to make it function.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Realistically speaking, electrical energy has been indeed among our basic necessities in our daily living. We use electricity now more than ever for our televisions, refrigerators, radio, computer, cell phones, and every thing else at home that makes use of electrical energy. Truly, an appliance will probably be useless without electricity to make it function.</p>
<p>As the consumption of electricity continues to grow, the need for more power plants arises continuously. At this point in time, almost all of our electricity is getting produced by burning fossil fuels.</p>
<p>But today, green power like wind energy is being used to provide power for properties in many countries. Wind energy generators like domestic wind turbines are now widely used all over the globe. Home-based wind generators offer you totally free energy supply that you might be able to use in your properties and establishments too.</p>
<p>Electricity from domestic wind generators is low-cost so they can save you a much cash. Making use of home-based wind turbines also assists in reducing pollutants in the environment because making use of wind turbines, you use green power converted through the wind and thus home-based wind generators are environmentally safe.</p>
<p>For obvious reason, a more individuals set up their home-based wind generators because they desired to conserve cash and live a greener existence. However, another reason can also be because of the fashion it offers. It sounds quite awesome for a household to have their own electricity with out even paying for monthly power bills. It also shows how substantial tech and updated a house owner may be.</p>
<p>A home with its own wind generator does looks cool but gives the home owners electricity even during storms where most would experience black outs and power insufficiency.</p>
<p>For understandable causes, home-based wind turbines have extensively turn out to be in demand, and self aid books about putting up home-based wind turbines are extensively searched.</p>
<p>However, before all these, bear into consideration which you are actually prepared to possess a domestic wind turbine. The funds, the time and your responsibility of having such must nevertheless be very carefully thought about.</p>
<p>Understand more about <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.squidoo.com/howto-build-a-wind-turbine" >how to build a wind turbine</a></noindex> observe the website. As well browse the following web site regarding <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Build-Wind-Power-Generators---Residential-Wind-Power-For-Your-Home-to-Save-Money&amp;id=4706506" >residential wind power</a></noindex> when you would like to learn much more regarding that.</p>


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		<title>A Bright Future For Solar Energy: An Alternative Energy Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Lancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was first introduced to solar energy in the movie, Race the Sun with James Belushi and Halley Berry in the lead. It was a story about low- income and under achieving Hawaiian students encouraged by their teacher to join the Solar Car race. In the movie, a car shaped like a cockroach and covered with solar panels used the sun's rays as an alternative energy source to run the car.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was first introduced to solar energy in the movie, Race the Sun with James Belushi and Halley Berry in the lead. It was a story about low- income and under achieving Hawaiian students encouraged by their teacher to join the Solar Car race. In the movie, a car shaped like a cockroach and covered with solar panels used the sun&#8217;s rays as an alternative energy source to run the car.</p>
<p>Solar energy is the light and the heat from the sun. Solar energy is free and its supplies are unlimited. There are n air and water pollution caused about by using solar energy. But there is still some impacts on the environment although indirect.</p>
<p>Photovoltaic cells used to convert sunlight into electricity uses silicon and also produce some waste materials. There are also large solar thermal farms and these farms can also be harmful to the environment and desert ecosystems if not properly managed.</p>
<p>Solar energy can be used on different aspects. Solar energy can be used in agriculture. Greenhouses (which is entirely different from greenhouse gas) convert solar light to heat to be maximized in enhancing the growth of plants and crops. Greenhouses has been around since the Roman times and modern greenhouses were built in Europe in 16th century. Greenhouses are still an important part of horticulture nowadays,</p>
<p>Daylight systems are also being used to maximize the energy released by the sun. It is used to provide interior illumination replacing the artificial lighting. Daylight systems include sawtooth roofs, light shelf, skylights, and light tube. Daylight systems when they are properly implemented can reduce lighting-related energy consumption by 25 percent.</p>
<p>Solar energy can also be developed into solar thermal technologies which can be used for water heating, space heating, space cooling and process heat generation. Solar energy can also be used to distil water and make saline or brackish water potable or drinkable.</p>
<p>The solar water disinfection or SODIS involves exposing water-filled plastic polyethylene terephthalate or PET bottles. This process takes a long time, since the exposure time varies on the weather conditions. It requires a minimum of six hours to two days during days with overcast conditions. Currently, there are two million people in developing centuries use SODIS for their daily drinking water needs.</p>
<p>Also sunlight can be converted into electricity using photovoltaics or PV. PV has been mainly used to power small and medium-sized things like a calculator powered by a single solar cell. There are homes powered by photovoltaics. Using solar energy for water and space heating is the most widely use application of solar energy. While ventilation and solar air heating is also growing in popularity.</p>
<p>There are three main ways in using solar energy. The main way of using and converting solar energy is by using the solar cells. Solar cells convert light directly into electricity. Solar cells are also called photovoltaic or photoelectric cells.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, solar furnaces use a huge array of mirrors to concentrate on the Sun&#8217;s energy into a small space and produced very high temperatures. Solar furnaces are also called &#8220;solar cookers&#8221;. A solar cooker can be used in hot countries to cook food.</p>
<p>With all the benefits if using solar energy, there is still a downside for this alternative energy source. It does not work during night time. The cost of setting up solar stations is expensive, but the benefit of using solar energy when accumulated is so much more.</p>
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		<title>Want Wind Energy At Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you currently tired of receiving your monthly electrical bills from your power plants? Are you currently getting annoyed from serious hassles of black outs and electricity shortage? Are you attempting to discover ways to cut off your electrical energy costs through other alternative methods of getting electrical electrical power supply? Well worry no more. You can have free of charge electrical energy from a renewable source of electrical power like that of sunlight and wind. Wind electrical power is one of the most generally used in this matter.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you currently tired of receiving your monthly electrical bills from your power plants? Are you currently getting annoyed from serious hassles of black outs and electricity shortage? Are you attempting to discover ways to cut off your electrical energy costs through other alternative methods of getting electrical electrical power supply? Well worry no more. You can have free of charge electrical energy from a renewable source of electrical power like that of sunlight and wind. Wind electrical power is one of the most generally used in this matter.</p>
<p>Wind turbines are utilized for non commercial wind electrical power. Wind turbines enable extraction of energy from the wind that is then converted into usable electricity. In building a household wind electrical power however, you must ensure that your wind turbines should be positioned into locations exactly where there is positive constant higher wind speeds.</p>
<p>What is non commercial wind power? Non commercial wind power enables a home to have its own source of energy with out paying something to an electric business near their area. Residential wind power makes it possible for you to take pleasure in the comfort of your electrical appliances whilst saving money on the electrical bill every month. * How does it work?</p>
<p>Residential wind power works through the use of wind energy that will be converted to electrical energy. Your wind turbine ought to be placed in a non obstructed place where there is certainly huge quantity of wind power.</p>
<p>How will I get residential wind power? You could have a non commercial wind power installed inside your place by contacting manufacturers of wind turbines. This may be costly, nevertheless. You may also wish to take into account constructing a wind turbine your self &#8211; it is much easier than you believe. Wind turbines are actually very simple machines. An excellent manual to show you the best way to build one is the most important factor you&#8217;ll require.</p>
<p>How much will it cost me? Having residential wind power through wind turbines can cost some funds but this will simply outweigh your expenses as soon as you have noticed its good effect in your monthly and yearly budget. In case you develop it your self, you can conserve thousands about the cost.</p>
<p>What are the benefits? There are many rewards from having non commercial wind electrical power. In case you use batteries instead of feeding power back into the grid you might stay away from blackouts.</p>
<p>It will also conserve you money in your power bill each and every month and boost the value of your home substantially. Plus, everybody would look up to you as a model simply because you are updated into new technologies while being an advocate of a greener environment for the future generation.</p>
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		<title>You Can Make A Wind Turbine Easily</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's easy to think of the electricity we use as something which is beyond our ability to supply for ourselves. The utility company has resources and expertise we don't, we figure and even when it comes to installing alternative energy systems, most of us think of this as a difficult and complex task. However, you can install a wind generator by yourself without paying a fortune for a contractor.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s easy to think of the electricity we use as something which is beyond our ability to supply for ourselves. The utility company has resources and expertise we don&#8217;t, we figure and even when it comes to installing alternative energy systems, most of us think of this as a difficult and complex task. However, you can install a wind generator by yourself without paying a fortune for a contractor.</p>
<p>If this were not a job that the average person could do, then the best thing to do would be to hire a professional. But since this is something that truly is easy enough to install and get running on your own, there is no need for service technicians or general contractors.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s easy to get the information you need online as well as in books and magazines. You can find plenty of comprehensive guides to installing your own wind generator which take you step by step through the process and make the job easy. You&#8217;ll also save money by doing it yourself &#8211; which is what this is all about, right?</p>
<p>Before you begin, it&#8217;s a good idea to look into how you can get tax breaks and other incentives which will defray the cost of your wind generator. Many cities and states have programs in place which reimburse homeowners for part of the cost involved in installing wind generators and other alternative energy technologies.</p>
<p>This is to help encourage people to go green and to help save the planet. Now, reimburse does mean that you will have to front the money to complete the project but a portion of the amount you spend may be able to come back your way.</p>
<p>This is not to say that your wind generator won&#8217;t pay for itself anyway &#8211; it will and then some. When you generate more electricity than you use, you can sell the rest to your local utility! You&#8217;re not going to get rich this way, but this is just another way that your wind generator will pay for itself quickly. You&#8217;ll also get the good feeling of knowing that you&#8217;re supplying clean and sustainable energy to your neighbors.</p>
<p>The best thing about using wind power is being able to meet your own energy needs using a source which doesn&#8217;t produce pollution and doesn&#8217;t use limited resources. This helps your home to be self sustaining. In some cases, it may be possible to make your home off-grid, meaning that you do not rely on any outside sources for your energy needs. It&#8217;s a great goal to aim for.</p>
<p>Using wind power will save you money on your energy costs, help you to do your part for the environment and of course, you&#8217;ll have the personal satisfaction that comes from knowing that you&#8217;ve become more self-sufficient. You can do this yourself and stop relying so much on your utility company.</p>
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		<title>Learn How To Make Solar Panels</title>
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		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are fed up of the escalating cost of electricity, but they do not know what they can do about it. They have switched lights off; they have not turned lights on; they have unplugged devices on stand-by and they have turned the central heating down and the air con up and it has only saved them pennies. Yet still the electricity bills go up on a regular basis. It is very exasperating.


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<p>We have all heard about alternative and sustainable sources of energy, but the question is: how can average people implement these technologies into their own homes? One phone call to a professional solar power installation company will convince anyone that solar power is only for the well-off.</p>
<p>Similarly with wind power generation. A single device, which may or may not satisfy the electrical requirements of one average family will cost in the region of $45,000 and it is thought that, if it meets aspirations, that it will pay for itself after ten years time. $45,000 is too much money for most individuals, but having to wait ten years to realize that investment is too long for most people too.</p>
<p>So, at first glance, it looks like the average person is at the mercy of the oil companies and the electricity generators. However, it does not have to be like that. There are other ways of tackling the problem and extricating yourself from the control of energy providers. The first method would be to buy the solar power units and install them yourself. That would save you a lot, perhaps up to 50%. But you could go a step further and make the solar panels yourself as well, which would save you a great deal more money.</p>
<p>The fact is that the more of your own labour that you can put into the scheme, the more you will save, because the labour constituent in any task usually amounts to about 50% of the costs. We all know how costly it is to call a plumber in to fix a leaking pipe or a roofer to replace a slate. $100 for a slate? $100 for a dribble of solder? No, it is the tradesman&#8217;s time and the same is true of solar panel fitters.</p>
<p>The way out is to learn how to make the solar power units and install them yourself. It is not difficult. Any teenager can learn how to do it and so can you. Take it from me, learning how to assemble and install solar panels is not difficult. Just try it and see for yourself. You will amaze yourself and your friends. You may even turn it into a business!</p>
<p>The thing to do is get a reliable kit or a plan from a trusted source. This could be a neighborhood hardware or hobbyist store or from a specialist website on the Internet. Once you have your design, you can buy the pieces of equipment. They are commonplace and on hand in most DIY shops. Then it will take you about a day to make a solar panel that will provide about 100 watts.</p>
<p>This may not seem like much, but it will run many types of small machines or two average light bulbs. The trick is to keep adding to your stock of solar panels until you are completely free of the electricity grid or even selling electricity back into it.</p>
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		<title>What You Should Know Before You Get Home Solar Panels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The replacement of traditionally created electricity with electricity generated from renewable or alternative resources is now a viable alternative for many people in the Western world. The main stumbling block is the initial outlay, which is why solar electricity is still not a viable concern in most other, hotter, countries.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The replacement of traditionally created electricity with electricity generated from renewable or alternative resources is now a viable alternative for many people in the Western world. The main stumbling block is the initial outlay, which is why solar electricity is still not a viable concern in most other, hotter, countries.</p>
<p>The fact is that fitting solar panels to get your home off the grid is a lot cheaper than it was ten years ago, but it is still not cheap. Some countries have introduced incentive schemes and these are fine, as far as they go, but often they are intended for the middle classes, which is not a section of society as big as the working class and which can afford to pay for its own electricity anyway. These programs leave the preponderance of the members of society stuck with the grid. The new British proposal FITS is like this.</p>
<p>Other countries have so-called &#8216;Green Options&#8217;, which means that you can decide to draw energy from producers of electricity from users of renewable resources only, which is good as far as it goes, but the end user is still stuck in the system of being on the grid and being subject to price rises and power cuts.</p>
<p>If you truly want to get off the grid, do away with monthly bills and recover your freedom from the fat cat oil and electricity suppliers, you have to take a radical approach. The first step is to work out your electrical requirements.</p>
<p>Work out the coldest and the hottest month and use the dearest plus 10% as your objective. The fact is that it could take you years to get off the grid, and by then white goods will be using less electricity than they do now anyway. You can also sell your surplus electricity back to the grid for real happiness.</p>
<p>The cost of the professional installation of solar energy systems can be prohibitive and take twelve years or more to recoup, but if you assemble and install your own bank of solar panels, you can more than half that figure. In fact, it is possible to reduce the cost by as much as 75%, if you are willing to assemble and install the solar panels yourself. This is a job that most competent teenagers can do, given the right drawings or schemas.</p>
<p>The best idea, is for you to read up as much as you can on the topic, because there are several routes you can go. The main ones, using solar panels or other means of renewable electricity, are: remain hooked up to the grid, using your own electricity first and selling back any excess; remain hooked up, but send excess electricity to your own batteries, which could be an electric car; or you can get off the grid altogether.</p>
<p>The ultimate objective, in my eyes, is to supply my house with all the home-made electricity from solar panels that I need, to recharge my hybrid car&#8217;s batteries from the same source and to resell any surplus back to the electricity grid.</p>
<p>What a dream!</p>
<p>Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with a favourite subject, <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sustainableenergyathome.com/types-of-renewable-energy.html" >types of renewable energy</a></noindex>. If you are interested in <noindex><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://sustainableenergyathome.com" >Sustainable Energy At Home</a></noindex>, please click through to our site.</p>


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		<title>Why Not Construct A Wind Turbine For Free Electricity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about making your own wind turbine? It is not as easy as making your own solar panels but it is not hard either. Making your wind turbine look attractive is a bigger problem than making electricity from it. The first thing you need to do is get a set of plans to make a wind turbine and then set about purchasing all the parts.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever thought about building your own wind turbine? It is not as simple as making your own solar panels but it is not hard either. Making your wind turbine look nice is a bigger problem than generating electricity from it. The first thing you need to do is get a set of plans to make a wind turbine and then set about purchasing all the parts.</p>
<p>Assembling the components is easy. The parts can be picked up cheap from vehicle scrap yards and your local DIY store. Just imagine being even only 50% self-sufficient in electricity? Add in a few solar panels or a second wind turbine and you could soon be off the grid altogether.</p>
<p>Everyone knows about the continually rising cost of electricity and that it would be a great idea to generate energy from the wind and the sun just for the cost of the generators &#8211; the wind turbines and the solar panels &#8211; so you may be wondering why it is not a good idea to just go out and buy what you want from a professional installer.</p>
<p>Well, the answer to that is expense. Professionally installed wind turbines can cost tens of thousands of dollars and it can take 20 years to recover the cost. On the other hand you can make your own for between $200 and $500.</p>
<p>If the turbine saves you $200 a month then it is evident that you will have recouped your outlay within three months maximum, if you assemble the turbine yourself. This is a very good incentive as with a little regular maintenance it will last you 15-25 years. Let&#8217;s just say 15 years or 180 months at at least $200 per month. That is $36,000 or an 7,200% return on investment.</p>
<p>Wind generated electrical power is very green as it requires practically no fossil fuels to make it. I say practically none, because it may require a little engine oil to keep the blades turning efficiently. And that is it. You may have to replace a bearing from time to time, but that is the scope of your maintenance routine. It is not harsh. You will also have to put some water in the batteries from time to time as well, unless you buy the sealed models, which you cannot top up.</p>
<p>It really is not so hard to assemble a wind generator. The average DIYer can complete this project with everyday tools. There are detailed instructions and plans available on the Internet or at DIY stores to manufacture a wind generator in your workshop at home.</p>
<p>So why not start to make yourself a wind turbine today? Fix it on a roof or a pole and start generating your very own free electricity. You could be off that grid more quickly than you know it and you will be doing more than your bit to help the planet too.</p>
<p>If you want to read more about home-made wind turbines and solar panels, there is plenty of advice on the Internet.</p>
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