Solar and Wind Power-Green Living From Homemade Energy

Intelligent use of energy has become a great concern throughout the world with businesses and residences thinking alike. Many individuals have realized that Solar And Wind Power-Green Living From Homemade Energy is the way to go. What we do today will affect us for generations to come. We can continue using fossil fuels, which, if anyone has done any research on that knows that the energy source will become more costly, cause more pollution, and eventually, as it has already, become so unaffordable people are reaching for other alternatives for renewable energy.

One way to beat today's energy crisis is with solar power. In places that have this unlimited resource available, solar panels will convert the suns energy into electricity. Photovoltaic cells, or modules, are made of a special material such as silicon. Once the light strikes the material, a certain portion of the absorbed light is transferred to the silicon material which will create the electricity. This explanation given is very basic and there is much more to it than that, but I think you get the idea. A simple example would be a calculator of how it won't work when there isn't enough light or the screen is very hard to read.

In areas that are non-shady and have plenty of sun during the day, the energy can be stored and consumed later to run simple appliances and even power a whole house, depending on the system and the angle that the panel is placed etc. You can have companies that specialize come out and install a system for thousands of dollars or, if you want to save some of that hard earned cash, you can build your own for a fraction of the cost.

Think about this, educate yourself on Solar And Wind Power-Green Living From Homemade Energy, you can put money back into your pocket through Government incentives. For example, did you know if you purchase plans and build a wind generator or solar panels with Obama's home energy grant program you can be rewarded by the Federal Government by receiving funding to help with their plan on reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? This is one of their top agenda items for 2009. Depending on what you do, there has been reported funding of anywhere from $600-$2000! That's a lot of money!

For thousands of years, dating back to around 2000 B.C. the windmills were used to produce grain, and even as far back as 5500 years ago to propel sailboats, civilizations have been using the wind for many different uses. With the technology of today, wind generators can produce electricity and that electricity can be stored as well for consumption as a renewable energy source. When the wind blows through the blades, the blades turn a shaft and that shaft turns a generator which in turn produces electrical energy.

Wind farms are becoming more popular to utilize the kinetic energy of the wind to turn a wind turbine or generator for electricity. These large and very expensive wind generators help power cities and rural areas to lessen the costs of fossil fuels. Why wouldn't we want to utilize free energy instead of paying our power companies? Wind generators can produce electricity just like solar panels and can be installed from companies for a high dollar also. These wind turbines can be built on a smaller scale also by the average homeowner at a very reasonable cost and will produce energy to run just about anything or everything in your house, depending on the size that you build.

It is possible to generate enough from Solar And Wind Power-Green Living From Homemade Energy is simple and you could get the power company to buy back the energy that you don't use. So you see, with the energy from the sun and wind (free energy), incentives from the Government, the power company buying back power that you don't use, you really can't lose by going green. Until next time.

Conserving and utilizing what elements we have for free is where Green Living starts. Solar and Wind Power have great advantages over paying the power company. Would you like to become independent? Find Out More Here

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