Never Ending Sources Of Free Energy - Build Your Own Solar And Wind Generators
Author: Norman M
Who among us doesn't depend on the power produced by the giant utility companies today? The Industrial revolution brought many changes for mankind, many good, some not so good. Among the best for most of us was power generation, vast production of energy that brought electrical power to your home - to entire cities. There can be no doubt about the convenience of having all the power we need, when we need it. Now, after many decades, certain questions come to the fore about our reliance on this power, and it's future.
B. Is our water, the earth's supplies of oil, gas, and coal energy being exhausted?
C. Can our planet survive with this polluting, earth changing energy consumption?
Continuing to use our current power generating techniques could not be sustainable. Much, or most of our natural resources have been vastly depleted, even in crisis in many areas. Reliability on power has suffered with the huge demand, limited resource, we even see cities far away fro others...but trying to beg, borrow, buy, or steal their water. Same is true of oil and gas, or coal. These are all limited commodities that we have treated as if there could be no end to their quantity.
We all know, that at the same time we are using up these precious power supplies, we are basically destroying our earth. Changing major river flows, building dams, drilling wells, enormous power plants spewing out enough pollutants for 10 planets, the list goes on and on. Most nations are realizing the need for serious change in energy production.
Unfortunate in a way, I believe, is that everything we do or need, is economy based. We must pay for all our energy and power needs. The power bills don't go down, do they! It is difficult for many to afford this basic need - power for their home, their shop, business, etc.
Here is a sound alternative with a bright future worth exploring.
You don't have to go "off the grid" totally, though many choose to. Learn how to build your own solar panels and wind turbines. It's not that hard with good instructions, and cost far less than commercial packages, for a solar system or wind mill. You likely see them, from time to time. Solar panels decorate roof tops, walls, back yards, even job or camp sites nowadays. Windmills can be spotted from sunny Arizona to the grape vineyards in California, to the outback of Alaska. In big cities, small towns, or remote "off the grid" areas.
You can't tell the difference, but some of these are homemade. Almost anyone, without much techinical knowledge or handyman skills, can build thermal panels, and wind turbines. You mainly need to know where to get the basic materials, how to get them cheap, and exactly what to look for. Then, with detailed instructions, diagrams, and a small work space, begin making your own free energy generators.
As you follow the right guide you should be taught not only how to build these power plants, but how to size up what will fit your needs, how to integrate the new power source into your existing power, and where to locate both solar panels and windmills.
Important to know is how to work with the power company, how to get tax deductions for your renewable power generation, even how to sell excess energy you produce. Learn all about how to make your own Green Power below.
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About the Author
I love the earth, like probably most people really do. Going with Green Power , producing our own green energy will not only help save our beautiful planet, but it can certainly benefit us financially, providing a more reliable and secure future. I would urge anyone that wants to save a fortune, and our limited resources, to learn more about our changing world that needs more Green Power
why are there no wind energy generators in aruba?
What companies are the best in supplying Alternative Energy Generators(Solar, Wind…)?
Hello,
I was wondering if one day I wanted to buy good products for generating energy from alternative resources like the Wind power and the Solar power, which companies are the best in supplying those kinds of generators?
I’m not just thinking of small generators for homes, I’m thinking of a bigger level too. Like for big industrial companies or even National level!
Thanks a lot for your expertise exchange
What would create more power from wind or water energy? Multiple small generators or one large one?
What would create more power from wind or water energy? Multiple small generators or one large one?
Also, what determines the output of an electrical generator? Would size or speed of revolutions change the output?
i need a solar panel and wind energy generator?
i need a solar panel (or panels together) that’s no bigger than 16″ by 10″. the panel(s) need to produce a combined total of at least 7 volts and roughly 50 amps (50000 MA) and higher preferably 8 volts 70 amps. i need the panel(s) to be under $200 if possible. now with the wind generator i need something small like salt shaker size or smaller than i can rig to a fan or something
Wind turbines, generators driven by waves/tides and solar panels take energy out of the environment. Has?
anyone considered whether this could have any effect on the environment and alter ocean currents and air movements and consequently the weather. It may be that the amount of energy taken out will always be insignificant compared to the vast quantity available in the movement of atmosphere and ocean or perhaps the source of all the earth’s energy, the sun, is more than capable of replacing what we remove? Has any consideration been given to these questions? What do you think?
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I think the easiest way to explain this is to start at the beginning. Think of the flowing water (or air) as a momentum-carrying body that has kinetic energy that can be captured by your generators. The larger the area covered by your rotor (the blades of your wind or hydro generator), the more energy that can theoretically be produced. The swept area of the rotor is a circle – as you know from math, the area of a circle is pi multiplied by the radius squared. Therefore, the energy you can extract from generator increases proportionally to the square of the blade length (the radius). Therefore, it is generally much more efficient to have one large generator than it is to have multiple small ones. This is playing out in the wind industry today – 20 years ago the most cost-effective wind turbines were around 10-50 kW each, 10 years ago they were around 100-500 kW each, and today they are 1000-3000 kW each!
The output of a generator is dependent on the amount of torque that is applied to it and the speed at which it rotates. The generator needs to be sized appropriately according to the size of the rotor – you could but a 3000 kW generator onto a 50 m rotor diameter but it wouldn’t be very efficient. a 500 kW generator would be better sized to a 50 m rotor, just as a 3000 kW generator is appropriate for a much larger 100 m rotor diameter.
Wind generators are not very good by them selves. when the wind stops the electricity stops.
If this is not a troll or a joke, then to answer seriously, what you want is not possible on earth. The incoming solar flux (light from the sun) has only about 1/3 of what you are requesting, even outside earth’s atmosphere.
However, a lead-acid battery could fit within the dimensions you specify, and provide that kind of power, at that cost. If you’re serious, then post another question with details of your end application, instead of just power specs. People can help you out.
You can hook up fan blades to a small hobby motor, and get something about the size of a salt shaker. It might be enough to recharge a cell phone, in steady wind. Again, if you post details, people can help you.
Hey Chris, Sam is correct. The use of a wind turbine for example, has such a small effect on the local wind patterns. How much? Did you know the most efficient wind turbine in the world is 37% efficient? That means two thirds of the wind that goes through it’s rotor is unnaffected. There is enough wind energy in North and South Dakota to power the entire US power grid, even at 37%. But beyond that, even if we could make devices that capture a larger amount of the existing forces of nature, it might have small short scale effects on weather patterns, but the large picture remains the same. Let me explain:
If the sun shines on the roof of your house, it heats up and sends radiant energy back into the air. If it shines a solar panel on the roof instead, the solar panel doesn’t get quite as warm as the roof, because some of the energy is wicked off through the wiring to run the refrigerator and TV. But when the refrigerator and TV run, they get hot, and the same amount of radiant energy is eventually leaked back into the air. It might happen later in the day, or in a slightly different location, in the end it would be the same as moving your house 10 feet to the left and letting the radiant energy emit from there. The energy from the sun ends up in the earths biosphere someplace, we just tend to move it around a little bit.
When we burn fossil fuel, and allow the combustion wastes to vent into the atmosphere, then we are making some real changes to the chemistry of the biosphere. The atmosphere can hold more energy and emit less into space, which is how global warming works in the end. At least a wind turbine, a solar panel, or a water wheel can offset some of this chemistry from fossil fuels, that is the real value in using renewable energy.
Try googling, “The Butterfly Effect,” some time, it is an interesting concept that gets to the heart of what you are asking. I will list a few websites below you also might find interesting. Take care Chris, Rudydoo