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We have become accustomed to turning a dial or pushing a button in order to have heat.
These ways are nice but they may be inconvenient as well.
Heating homes, schools or businesses with solar energy is not only easy but cost effective as well.
There are several ways that we can capture [...]
March 10th, 2010 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
There are two different types of wind turbine; Vertical and Horizontal.
Each one performs their own function and they each of their advantages and their disadvantages.
You should pick the one that is best for you and your needs.
They do have one thing in common and that is that they produce energy [...]
February 19th, 2010 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
We already know that the use of electricity, gas and coal are all resources that we may eventually run out of.
These are the non-renewable resources that we rely heavily on today.
We use these non-renewable resources to do many things, including supplying us with power, heating our homes, businesses and schools and [...]
December 31st, 2009 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
Everyone likes to get away for the weekend and when you get a chance to there is a lot of fun in taking a recreational vehicle, or RV, to go camping in.
Your RV could be a pull behind camper or a camper that you can drive.
What ever you use RV’s usually [...]
November 2nd, 2009 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
Solar power can be found in several different places on the earth.
You can find solar power in a parked car, in a building with no air circulating, in a home without windows opened or fans circulating the air.
When you step into any of these places that have been in the sunlight [...]
August 20th, 2009 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
Wind turbines are used for several reasons but the main reason is to generate energy from the wind.
This may sound difficult but it is possible.
You experience energy from the wind whenever someone runs past you quickly.
A second after they pass you can feel the wind from them going by.
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July 12th, 2009 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
In order to know where to find solar energy you must first know what solar energy is.
Solar energy is energy from the sun.
When the sun is shining solar energy is being produced as it sends the heat radiating to the earth.
You can find solar energy anywhere or anything that the sun can [...]
December 30th, 2008 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
If you have ever seen a field with several mirrors pointing toward the sun you may be looking at a solar power system.
These systems work to concentrate the sunlight to one area and use the heat to heat up the liquid that flows along the pipes.
This system is called Parabolic-trough system.
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October 24th, 2008 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
It doesn’t matter if you are building your home or remodeling, you can turn it into a solar energy home by making a few simple changes to your plan.
If electric and gas become hard to manage you may want to consider heating your home with the sun.
Solar energy is the heat [...]
June 13th, 2008 | Posted in solar power | No Comments
The sun produces massive amounts of heat that are transmitted down to the earth’s surface.
When the sun’s rays reach the earth’s surface the intensity of the heat directly from the sun is not as hot because some of the heat is rerouted before it reaches the earth’s atmosphere.
When the sun is [...]
May 7th, 2008 | Posted in solar power | No Comments