Posts Tagged ‘solar power’

Home Made Power

If you are living in a remote area where you are not able to use power from the national grid, the best thing is to generate your own power. There are quite a few methods for you to generate your own power such as the use of wind turbines, solar cells and the use of bio gas units. Out of all these methods the most hassle free and environmental friendly method is to use the solar power to produce your own home made power.  Read more... (407 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Homemade Powerplant

Home Made Power

By using home made power you will stop the ever increasing monthly payment to the power company.  How many times have you looked at your energy bill and shaken your head in amazement?  Will it ever stop?  Can’t I catch a break?

Every household is spending a considerable amount of money to pay electricity bills each and every month. Though you take an effort to bring the bills down as much as possible by switching off non essential electrical appliances that consume power, you will never be able to save by a useful margin.  Read more... (778 words, 1 image, estimated 3:07 mins reading time)

A wind power and a solar power love story.

These are my friends, Mart and Cappy.  They built this lovely log cabin home by hand on top of a mountain in Upstate New York about ten years ago.  They have never been hooked up to the power grid, not ever, and have never paid an electric company power bill.

Mart and Cappy

Was it easy to do?  Well relatively so.  Has it saved them a ton of money?  Well not sure exactly, but might be near the break even point.  Those are some of the types of questions that I asked late this past summer the day I visited and took these photos.

To find affordable solar power as consumers you must do your homework.  Solar power has been around long enough that there are multiple options. Just like other consumer products, look in all areas of the market place.

Think of what else you purchase and follow the same rules. Look and buy from local manufactures first. By reducing the shipping costs, the price will be reduced. Find the manufactures directly and eliminate the middleman.  This is well known in almost every market. The middleman or retailer only makes money from buying low and reselling at a higher price. Their only purpose is to take your hard earned money and supplying you with a product you could find on your own with a little bit of research.  Read more... (355 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

There are many ways to save the environment. Every body should care but even if one person reduces their waste or conserves energy, it is a positive step forward. Of course the more people that contribute to saving our environment, the better it will be.

To conserve energy at home is the easiest. Turn off lights in rooms that are unoccupied. Keep the filters on your HVAC units clean. Lower the temperature of your water heater to 120F and wrap the unit with a blanket. Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. The planting of trees on the west side of your home will shade it during the hottest part of the day. There is more just use common sense.  Read more... (307 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

There are currently three different types of solar cells in production in today’s market place. There are the monocrystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous.  There are differences between the three and knowing the difference will help the consumers make a better choice on which type is best for them.

First there is the monocrystalline cell, which is made from a single large crystal, usually cut from one large man made ingot. This is difficult to handle and if broken then the whole cell has to be replaced. Since it is one piece there is no resistance thus being the most efficient. It is even efficient in low light conditions.  This cell has a major draw back of being the most expensive to manufacture.  Read more... (384 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Investment in renewable energy stocks is a move that not only will help our world have the needed energy resources the future needs, but also could make the investor money. The World Economic Forum published a positive statement on January 29, 2009. “Clean energy opportunities have the potential to generate significant economic returns. The report shows that even after a tumultuous 2008, an index of the world’s 90 leading clean energy companies had a five-year compound annualized return of almost 10%, unmatched by the world’s major stock indices.” This is a positive trend, which is the future of the world’s energy supply and well worth watching.  Read more... (372 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

The decision to have a solar energy installation at your home or business is a wise one. Many factors need to be considered before you proceed. How much will it cost?  How large of a solar unit is needed to supply all of your energy needs? Who is qualified to install it? Do you need to be connected to the local grid? ? How long before you recuperate the cost?  Read more... (348 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Solar energy has been around since the first sun was born. On earth solar power has been used for many purposes for years. This is been by placing panels on structures to absorb the energy of the sun and converting this energy to electricity. But the future for solar energy is in space.

Without an atmosphere to penetrate, the full tremendous amount of energy from the sun could be harnessed. The worlds space agencies have known about and utilized this concept since almost the beginning of man’s venture into space. It has powered spacecraft that are exploring the universe, powering satellites and fueling the power needs of the Hubble Telescope.  The next step would be to establish solar collectors in space and send that energy back to earth for utilization as a renewable, powerful energy source.  Read more... (306 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)