Posts Tagged ‘Wind Power’

DIY Wind Power - Excellent DIY Wind Generator Plan!

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
oranges211 asked:


EarthEnergy.BestReviewed.Net - If you are looking for some complete DIY wind power plans to learn how to build DIY wind generators, here they are. Watch the video and click the link above to learn more. You can learn how to build a powerful, efficient and well engineered turbine with the guide at the link above which is also inexpensive to build. As I said in the video, you can build one for as little as $150 (thats the best I’ve done, anyway). The turbines made from this guide are strong …

Residential Wind Power, is it for You?

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
wind power
William Rigby asked:


odays residential power customers are looking for ways to reduce their utility bills. With the unbelievable rate energy costs are rising, Many groups are now promoting alternative energy solutions. Wind power is one of those ways. Using residential wind power has had a big increase in use over the years.

Residential wind powers works in the way of having a wind turbine attached on top of a high tower so that the wind turbine can collect the kinetic energy and change this kinetic energy into electricity. The electricity then works through out your home like normal electricity that you are use to having coming into your home. Because a wind turbine can be even more effective giving off more electricity then is needed for the average home the utility companies usually offer a buy back system where they will buy back any unused electricity that has been supplied by the residential wind power. The turbine for residential wind power is small but effective. This alternative will help significantly when it comes to lowering your electric bill.

Not only will you be giving the environment a better chance of survival, You will also be reducing your electric bill. Residential wind power helps the environment in ways of pollution, because there is no output of pollution from a wind turbine. You are decreasing the amount of pollution put into the air by the utility company by producing your own power from the wind. During the lifetime of a wind turbine, the wind turbine can prevent 1.2 metric ton in air pollutants. This alone will help preserve the planet for future generations, especially our children. The cleaner the air, the better we breathe, the healthier we will all be.

Many residential customers think that converting to residential wind power will be hard or they will need to replace all the wiring in their home. The truth of the matter is that residential wind power can be hooked directly to any home with out the need to switch any of your current wiring or appliances. The only extra add on may be your utility company might install a second utility meter so that they can measure any surplus electricity they will be buying from the residential customer who is utilizing residential power wind. I would love to be paid by the utility company instead of having to pay them every month. Wind power for residential housing in a viable alternative source of power.



Wind Power Windmill

Thursday, April 9th, 2009
wind power
Munya Chinongoza asked:


 

Wind power happens to be one of the safest and cleanest energy sources that we have available on our planet in this day and age. It is also one of the most cost effective energy solutions available.

New turbines are being developed every single year and as they are created the energy costs will decrease as well. People will soon enough find wind power to be a more economical solution.

Good selection of a wind turbine site is absolutely critical to the economic development of wind power. Other than thinking about the availability of wind itself, there are certainly other significant factors to consider which include the availability of transmission lines, value of energy to be produced, cost of land acquisition, land use considerations, and environmental impact of construction and operations.

Wind farm designers use specialized wind energy software applications to evaluate the impact of any issues that there may be for that type of design. Small wind power windmill generation systems with capacities of 100 kW or less are normally used to simply power homes, farms, and small businesses.

Isolated communities that will need to rely on diesel generators may use wind turbines to displace diesel fuel consumption. Grid connected wind turbines may use energy storage, displacing purchased energy with local production when available.

Off-grid system users either adapt to intermittent power or use batteries. There are simply too many reasons to list why wind power these days is the way to go. When you simply think about saving the environment saving your health and also saving yourself money in the long run, what other reasons could you possibly need?



Advantages and Disadvantages for Wind Power

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Munya Chinongoza asked:


When thinking about wind power, there are several advantages and disadvantages that can sway you to either use or not use it. Some of the advantages of wind power include that it’s a natural resource therefore making it free and friendly to the environment not harming or depleting the ozone layer. No fossil fuels have to be burned so that we may generate electricity.

Because of the fact that wind turbines only take up a few meters of space, they are a lot better for space compared to power plants leaving more room for the environment and agriculture or for the land to be used for other purposes. Win turbines are also a better resource to use in remote locations like the mountains or the country side. They can come in many different sizes so that they may accommodate different levels of population.

Finally another great thing about wind power is that you can combine it with solar power and upon doing this they can be a source of energy for developed and developing countries. Now as stated above although wind power has many advantages it also has several disadvantages. Such as wind power is unreliable, you’re never sure just exactly how much power you are going to get therefore making solar energy a better alternative sometimes. The construction of a wind turbine can last a long time about a year to be exact and can be quite costly. One of the biggest disadvantages is the fact that they create a lot of noise which is fine if u live a few miles away but not so good if you’re closer to the turbine.

So altogether there are many advantages and disadvantages to whether or not wind turbines are truly effective mechanisms to use to create energy



Best Way to Get Solar and Wind Power for Residential

Saturday, December 27th, 2008
wind power
Jonathan Souza asked:


The two bigeest issues on people’s minds these days are the economy and the environment.  The great thing about what I am about to tell you is that it adresses both concerns.  With solar and wind power for residential purposes we can not only cut the costs on rising energy prices but also help the environment by using these clean and renewable energies.

Most of us would agree how great it would be to be energy independent and to use a power source that will not harm our planet but are afraid of how much these power systems would cost us.

But the best way to get solar and wind power for your home is actually to make it yourself.  Now before you close this page because you think it will be too hard and too confusing to make your own solar panel, hear me out.  You do not even need any experience in this area to make your own solar or wind powered system.  All you need to know is how to follow instructions.

If you do any kind of search online for plans on making your own solar or wind power you will find a lot of different products that claim to help you with this, but trust me, most of them are a waste of time and money.  There are a lot fo factors and variables that go into making your own solar panel and you want to get it right.  You don’t want to waste precious hours of your time working on something that will barely give you any energy output.

When making your own wind turbine it is important to take into consideration how windy it usually is at your home.  Many of these wind turbines are put on towers or poles that are way up in the air above the tree line, so as to get the most out of those wind currents above us.  This ensures maximum efficiency with your wind powered project.

Wind is one of my favorite sources of energy because unlike solar it is always working; all night long and all day long.  If you want you can also buy a wind turbine kit for your homebuilt system and get a head start on using renewable energy to see if  it’s something you would like to pursue.