Saving Energy

If you’re reading this post, you’re probably interested in using a wind generator for home use, for various reasons. You may want to replace your main source of electricity (electricity providers and companies) for an alternative, renewable source like wind. You may want to reduce your carbon imprint on the environment, in which case utilizing wind [...]

  Are all windmill blades created equal? The answer to this is yes, and no. All windmill blades are equal in purpose: they were created so that they could capture wind, to create kinetic energy that is then converted by wind generators into electricity. However, windmill blades are not all equal in design, shape, material, [...]

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  If you are considering purchasing or building wind generators, it is helpful have more than a passing store of knowledge regarding them. It is quite helpful, for example, to know the difference between a horizontal and vertical wind generator, which ones are best for home use, or what their parts are called. It is [...]

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Solar Wind Power

February 4, 2011

Solar Wind Power – Combining Two Technologies to Achieve Energy Independence The power of the sun is responsible for producing solar energy and wind energy. Humans have been using solar and wind energy in some form since ancient times for illumination, warmth and power. It took modern man a long time to figure out how [...]

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NPR - Recently chatted about some of the things that we as home owners can do for energy savings.  I have included the link here. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130597086  As part of the windplans team, we understand that part of becoming energy concious, puting up a Wind Generator, or using some other source of renewable energy, involve decreasing the [...]

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