| With the cost of fuel set to eventually return to and | | | | locations, you should be able to exceed the power |
| perhaps surpass the prices we saw in 2008, we need | | | | requirements of a small house. This would not only |
| to prepare for a corresponding rise in our monthly | | | | eliminate your power bills completely, you would also |
| electricity bills. Next winter could be a long cold one for | | | | receive an income from selling the excess back. What |
| many people, not to mention the state of the | | | | type you use really depends on your geographical |
| economy. | | | | location. Fortunately most places in the world get |
| To counter this potential burden on their monthly | | | | enough of a share of wind and sun to justify using |
| expenses many are turning to green power, | | | | either or both methods to generate power. |
| renewable energy which we can find right on all of our | | | | If you happen to be in a place which doesn't have |
| doorsteps. We're talking about solar energy, power | | | | both, choose the method which best suits your |
| from our sun, and wind energy, harnessed by those | | | | environment and double up with that. |
| hypnotic windmills we see popping up in more and | | | | In terms of what the optimal installation would be, solar |
| more locations around us. | | | | panels should be placed at a 45 degree angle to the |
| What may come as a surprise to most is that setting | | | | sky with half pointing east and the other half pointing |
| up a solar power generator or a windmill generator in | | | | west. As the sun rises in the east the easterly facing |
| your home is not at all difficult or costly, and you can | | | | panels would capture the sunlight from early morning |
| get all the parts you need from your local hardware | | | | to mid day, and the westerly pointing panels would |
| store. | | | | capture the sun during the afternoon until dusk. |
| Many are starting to do this electricity generation | | | | Wind turbines and windmills need to be as high up as |
| themselves to help reduce their power bills, and do | | | | possible as the wind is more likely to be stronger |
| their bit for the planet. The benefits are actually more | | | | higher up than nearer the ground. Failing that, anywhere |
| than meets the eye. | | | | that receives a consistent breeze would do the trick. |
| For example, what not many realize is that you can | | | | Buying ready made windmills and solar paneling can be |
| 'sell' power to the national grid in just the same way as | | | | quite expensive, but anyone who likes these kinds of |
| 'buying' it when you consume it as electricity with your | | | | home improvement projects would have no problem |
| household appliances. | | | | making and installing these things yourselves. |
| When you install renewable power sources and the | | | | The advantages are obviously huge, from the |
| amount you install exceeds your household | | | | additional income electricity generation can bring, to the |
| requirements, your excess power with trickle back up | | | | dramatic positive effects it will have on our |
| to the power station and you get paid the going rate. | | | | environment if we, and more like us make our own |
| By installing a couple of solar panels in strategic | | | | power from the forces that surround us. Make it your |
| locations, and a couple of windmills, also in optimal | | | | project too. |