Sunday, October 4, 2009

Wind and Solar Power Energy Solutions


By Mike Sullivan

With ever-increasing fuel and power costs, it is time that we all became more conscious about saving power. Apart from conserving energy at home and work, we can each start to use cost-effective means to actually create our own power. Solar power and wind power solutions are becoming a reality and can be a very cheap and effective means to implement at home.

Solar and wind solutions will help you eliminate your power bill and help the environment. They will also save you from power outages.



Wind power solutions work best when the following conditions are met:

- You have a fairly big property. If you have acre or so, a wind power generator will definitely work for you.

- The average wind speed at your house is 11 mph. If your house has very little wind speed, there is no energy for your wind power generator to harness.

- Your house needs an uninterruped power supply. For fridges and computers that always need to be on, having wind power as a backup is a huge plus.

A wind power turbine generally consists of a tower, a body with motor, and blades that spin in the wind. The height of the tower depends on the height of surrounding objects and on the distance from them. If you are in a low-wind area you may need a larger tower, and a shorter one if you live in a high wind area.

Using a wind generator, this wind energy can be converted into useful electrical energy to be employed at home for running various electrical appliances. You can even store the power generated for later use, making wind generators more efficient than convention power systems. You can also go without storage if you are connected to a grid, and while your wind generator is spinning you'll also see your power meter spin backwards.

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