Generate Cheap Energy From The Wind

With increasing energy prices and individuals desiring to be more independent, wind energy is looking more and more attractive. Many people are turning to wind turbine manufacturers to purchase a wind turbine for their power needs. But what are the downsides in such a purchase?

The main downside of purchasing from a “mainstream” manufacturer is cost. A 1 KW turbine may run you four or five thousand dollars and you will likely need several of them to power your home. For most people, these turbines will never pay for themselves. In other words, it will be cheaper to get your power from the power company. You are not going to save money by using a wind turbine.

Buying a high-tech wind turbine from a large turbine manufacturer is only profitable if you live in an ideal location for wind energy. If you live in a coastal region or near mountains, then buying a turbine may really pay for itself and make you money. But for the rest of us, buying a turbine from a manufacturer is a losing proposition.

The other option, outside of buying your turbine from a manufacturer is building your own. This is not as difficult as it sounds. Wind turbines aren’t particularly complicated. And with a little instruction, the “average person” can build a turbine even if they are inexperienced in this area.

The advantage of building your own turbine is reduced cost. Reduced cost means a higher return on your investment. It is possible to build a “serious” wind turbine for about $200. With several of these, some individuals have been able to do away with their electric bill altogether.

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You may have been hearing about the idea of having your DIY wind turbine to save some cash from electrical billings. Because of this undeniable fact, homemade wind turbine has massively gained popularity at present. Of course, aside from the fact that building it is as easy as a playing any child’s game.

Nonetheless, you do not sail out to the sea if you do not have the proper equipments with you, same with making wind turbines at home. So the foremost crucial element in the process is to have a wind turbine plan with you. The plan is your guide to supply you with all the right information in building a successful product.

So, why bother building a wind turbine?

It can save you from splurging rates of power use, when you can always invest that money in setting up your own power system. They are simply cheaper or cost-effective as compared to available wind generators sold in the market. With a wind turbine, you even have a return of investments after a prolonged use.

The appearance of wind turbine is also appealing to everyone. Imagine as the wind blows, the wind turbine spins away with its stainless steel body, dazzling blades, and multihued tails. But apart from its wonderful visuals, the wind turbine is environmental-friendly. Help save the environment from harmful pollutants and enjoy the benefits of it as well.

So why should you wait for your electrical bills to be more unmanageable when you can always have a DIY wind turbine at home?

Yes, you can build your own windmill today. In fact, you can even save 95% off your electric/power bill right now (or completely eliminate them).

I highly recommend one of the quick & easy guides for building your windmill and start putting more money in your pocket where it belongs.

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There’s more hope for alternative energy , and it’s not coming from the White House but from the house of ill fame. It seems that the former “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss is shelving her plans to open up Heidi’s Stud Farm in Nevada where houses of prostitution are legal in most rural counties. Instead of providing “studs” for women, she has decided that there’s more money going green than staying blue.

“That’s where the money is,” she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “That’s the wave of the future.” (http://www.lvrj.com/news/39357657.html)

With its stable of men, Heidi’s Stud Farm would have been the first bordello catering to women in Nevada. It’s unclear if Fleisswould turn the Stud Farm into a wind farm or solar farm, but she told the Review-Jouranl she had an alternative energy project that’s “perfect for Nevada.”

While Fleiss may have something perfect for Nevada, The Washington Post is pointing out some of the problems large-scale alternative energy plants face.

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601199.html?)

It’s not new that the big projects have big problems, which is why Americans need to think bigger by going smaller. While there’s a need and a place for the big projects, there would be less pressure if we fought this battle on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood and house-by-house level.

That’s why I like the  Residential Renewable Energy Tax Credit, homeowners can now claim a full 30% of their installation costs for new residential solar-power systems, with no cost cap. Prior to this…
By Brooks Boliek

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Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory think they’ve proved that 1+1= more than 2, at least when it comes to solar cells. According to research published by Los Alamos scientists in a recent issue of Accounts of Chemical Research, it is  possible that solar cells can create more than one unit of energy per photon.

Victor Klimov, the scientist who led the research team, contends that their experiments prove that the phenomenon in nano-sized semiconductor crystals known as “carrier multiplication” actually exists, and isn’t just figment of some overactive imaginations or sloppy research. (http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15709)

When a conventional solar cell absorbs a photon of light, it frees an electron to generate an electrical current. Energy in excess of the amount needed to promote an electron into a conducting state is lost as heat to atomic vibrations (phonons) in the material lattice. Through carrier multiplication, excess energy can be transferred to another electron instead of the material lattice, freeing it to generate electrical current—thereby yielding a more efficient solar cell.

Klimov and colleagues have shown that nanocrystals of certain semiconductor materials can generate more than one electron after absorbing a photon. This is partly due to strengthened interactions between electrons squeezed together within the confines of the nanoscale particles.

In 2004, Los Alamos researchers Richard Schaller and Klimov reported the first observations of strong carrier multiplication in nanosized crystals of lead selenide resulting in up to two electron-hole pairs per absorbed photon. A year later, Arthur…
By Brooks Boliek
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The American love affair with the car may have stalled, but that doesn’t mean the driving forces behind it aren’t trying to jump-start the relationship. (How’s that for mixed metaphors?) During a recent trade show in Western Michigan, auto parts makers think their ability to make parts for cars can be transferred into making parts for other things, like wind turbines and the other underpinnings of the “green economy.”

Dan Radomski, vice president of industry services, NextEnergy, was surprised to find that he had sell-out crowd at the Automotive Manufacturing Diversification conference at Grand Valley State University, According to Julia Bauer’s reports in The Grand Rapids Press. The event was hosted by The Right Place Inc. economic development group.

“I remember hosting supplier events just around the renewable, alternative energy industry three years ago, and we could barely get 20 people in a room,” Radomski told the crowd.

Parts for utility-grade wind turbines, the gear or direct-drive control boxes, and the massive blades could all be made in Michigan, he said. The U.S. already has 120 wind turbine manufacturers, but 50 percent of the demand must be imported. (http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/02/conference_for_auto_suppliers.html)

Making those things here could help sustain an automobile industry that is going to have to become less dependent…

By Brooks Boliek
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As oil prices continue to rise, many people are starting to think about how to unhook from the electricity grid. The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses completely on off-grid, sustainable living and rural energy independence. Author/engineer William H. Kemp, who is a leading expert in small- and mid-scale renewable energy technologies, designed and built his own off-grid home.

The result is a house that has all the standard “middle-class” creature comforts while using less than five times the total fossil-fuel energy of the average North American house.

The Renewable Energy Handbook focuses on the unique requirements of off-grid living and contains chapters on energy conservation; heating and cooling; backup power; domestic water heating; wireless communications; photovoltaic, wind, and microhydro energy generation; battery selection; and inverters.

Since its release in 2003, The Renewable Energy Handbook has been a top-selling technology book and is recognized as the best book in its field.

The book is augmented with hundreds of illustrations, line drawings, photographs, and appendices.

About the Author
William Kemp is VP Engineering of Powerbase Automation Systems Inc. and a consulting electronics/software designer who develops control systems for low environmental impact hydroelectric utilities worldwide. He is also an author, sustainable living and clean energy advocate working in renewable energy heating, energy efficiency, photovoltaic, micro-hydro and wind electric systems.

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