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WHY BUILD A HOME WIND TURBINE? |
WHY BUILD A HOME WIND TURBINE?As homeowners try to cope with steadily rising energy costs, renewable (or “green”) energy has been in the news a lot lately. If you follow the news, you have no doubt seen pictures and news footage of solar cells built into home rooftops, or home wind turbines spinning away in back yards. There has been a lot of debate, however, over how practical, cost-efficient, and effective these residential renewable energy installations really are. Given how expensive these green energy systems are to install, many people are understandably hesitant to shell the money to install a system they are not even sure will work all that well. |
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Wind Power Generators With home energy cost rising steadily with no end in sight, many homeowners have turned to renewable energy to power their houses. Wind power generators in particular look very attractive—after all, haven't people used windmills to power water pumps and grain mills for over a thousand years? How hard could it be to build your own?
There's just one problem: how exactly do you convert wind into electricity for your home power outlets?
This article will give you a brief overview of how to use the wind to power your light bulbs. It will explain how turbines convert wind into electricity, and describe the key equipment needed to use that electricity in your home. |
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Residential Renewable Energy |
Residential renewable energy, or "green", technology has become a boom industry in recent years. Although it may take decades for our national power grid to switch over to renewable energy (and until then we are stuck with ever-increasing power bills), green energy technology can be implemented on a small scale to power an individual household. Consequently, many homeowners have begun exploring the possibility of installing renewable energy systems in their homes or on their property.
The biggest roadblock to free, renewable energy, however, is the high initial startup costs. Wind turbines or solar cells cost at LEAST three thousand dollars to have professionally installed, and the prices only go up from there. True, residential renewable energy systems are a sound investment—they will pay for themselves in a few years through power bill savings, and increase the property value of your home—but many homeowners can't spare the money for the initial financial investment.
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IS A WIND GENERATOR RIGHT FOR ME? |
Renewable, or “green”, energy has been getting a lot of attention recently. As long as our supply of fossil fuels slowly shrinks and our demand for energy is continues to grow, the cost of energy will only increase over time. Meanwhile, the infinite supply of renewable energy will eventually become cheaper than fossil fuels. However, until our national power grid switches over to renewable energy—which may not happen in our lifetimes—we'll be stuck with constantly increasing energy prices.
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MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL WIND POWER |
In the media these days, there’s a lot of debate (not all of it well informed or accurate) about whether or not renewable, or "green", energy is a viable alternative to our dwindling supply of fossil fuels. Critics of renewable energy have filled newspapers, airwaves, and cyberspace with "facts" about green energy that are misleading at best, and simply incorrect at worst. This article will try to correct and explain some of these myths and misconceptions about renewable energy.
There is not room enough in this article to dispel every criticism of renewable energy—that topic could fill an entire book. Instead, this article will focus on just two criticisms one use of one type of renewable energy: using wind energy to power your home.
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