July 15, 2009
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Loading ...The need for alternative sources of energy has become urgent in today’s world. Global reserves of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas are diminishing rapidly with reserves left to last for only a few decades. Moreover, owing to the high prices of conventional sources of energy and the environmental hazards posed by them, alternative sources of energy have come as a welcome relief. Read more
July 11, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Though solar panels once installed will work efficiently for a long period of time, they, too, need proper maintenance just like your microwave, television, clothes and car. Thankfully maintaining a solar panel doesn’t require any special technical know how and it involves only a bit of regular cleaning and inspections, every now and then. Read more
July 9, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Amongst the various alternative energy sources that are available to us today, wind energy figures as one of the most widely harnessed resource, thanks to the availability of wind power turbines. Essentially a wind power turbine is a rotary devise, which converts the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy. This mechanical energy can be further used to generate electricity, which can then be used for a variety of purposes, be it agricultural, industrial or domestic. Read more
July 7, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A Solar Power System is used to convert solar radiation directly into electricity. The heart of this system (also known as PV (photovoltaic) system) comprises of solar cells which are organized to form solar arrays and modules i.e. solar panels.
The size of the system may depend upon the task it’s going to be used for. A complete solar power system is made up of components like a DC-AC inverter, an auxiliary energy source and a battery tank. In addition to these it also includes a variety of balance of system (BOS) hardware, wiring, overcurrent, surge protection, and other power processing equipment. Read more
July 5, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Geothermal literally means heat from the earth. Typically geothermal energy is defined as the energy or power derived from the different sources of heat present inside the earth. Sources include radioactive decay of minerals, magma, and solar energy itself, which is absorbed at the surface. Geo thermal energy is eco friendly, reliable and cost effective and is widely used all over the planet for space heating and water heating. Read more
July 3, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wind energy is one of the cheapest and cleanest sources of energy and is available in abundance. Wind power generators are being extensively used all over the world to produce clean energy since centuries. Even today, in the modern world, farmers in the United States are not afraid to flaunt their age-old windmills. Use of wind energy has relieved the burden of energy production through fossil fuels, which are depleting progressively and also causing a lot of pollution and diseases along the way. Read more
July 1, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A normal wind power system for residential use has the capacity to produce electrical power of the magnitude of 50KW or less. These wind power systems are a boon to people who want to cut down or eliminate their dependency on the electricity obtained from a utility grid. This alternative source of energy is perfect for people living in remote locations who completely rely on diesel as their source of power. Wind is a free, clean and an inexhaustible source of fuel and domestic wind power systems come cheaper than you can imagine.
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June 25, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Going Solar? Planning to buy your very own solar panels! Why spend a few hundred dollars on purchasing them when you can make them at home at a much lesser cost with little effort. Here is how you can make it possible!
Raw Materials – It is quite easy to get hold of raw materials for creating your own solar panels. These may include broken solar cells, which are extremely cheap. Solar cells with amorphous silicon on glass are great, sturdy and easily reparable if broken. Indium Copper Selenide Cells are also easily available as tiles of glass.
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April 17, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Germans have really taken off when it comes to renewable fuel sources, and have become one of the major players in the alternative energy game. Under the aegis of the nation’s electricity feed laws, the German people set a world record in 2006 by investing over $10 billion (US) in research, development, and implementation of wind turbines, biogas power plants, and solar collection cells. Germany’s “feed laws” permit the German homeowners to connect to an electrical grid through some source of renewable energy and then sell back to the power company any excess energy produced at retail prices. This economic incentive has catapulted Germany into the number-one position among all nations with regards to the number of operational solar arrays, biogas plants, and wind turbines. The 50-terawatt hours of electricity produced by these renewable energy sources account for 10% of all of Germany’s energy production per year. In 2006 alone, Germany installed 100,000 solar energy collection systems. Read more
April 10, 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Many people who take jobs in the alternative energies research and development sector have to, at least in the beginning, take relatively low pay. Taking a job in this industry is thus not about—or, not predominantly about—making money, although that is needless to say important, as one who is not well-fed soon becomes one who is not productive at work, especially when we are considering the brain-work involved in the work of researching and developing technologies in the alternative energies sector. There are those who take a job just because they find it is a fulfilling task that they have undertaken—something that is going to help mankind, or their society, or the Earth herself. But in truth, what most people dream of in terms of work is a position that they at once enjoy immensely while they also are receiving good money for their time and energy. Read more
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