With ever-increasing fuel and power costs, it is time that we all became more conscious about saving power. Apart from conserving energy at home and work, we can each start to use cost-effective means to actually create our own power. Solar power and wind power solutions are becoming a reality and can be a very cheap and effective means to implement at home.
These solutions can help you combat power outages, reduce your electricity bills, and also help the environment.
Wind power is a good idea if the following is true:
- You have a house or farmhouse spread over a big area. Typically, wind power solutions are employed in areas that spread over an acre.
- The wind speed in your area is on average 11 miles per hour or higher. Slow wind speeds simply won't generate enough electricity.
- Your house needs an uninterruped power supply. For fridges and computers that always need to be on, having wind power as a backup is a huge plus.
Your wind power turbine will consist of blades that spin in the wind, a body with a motor in it, and a tower. If you are in an area with low-wind you may need a higher tower because wind speeds are greater higher in the air, but if you have high wind speeds in your area a low tower may be good enough.
The spinning energy of the blades is converted into useful electricity by a motor inside the wind turbine. This electricity can be used to power your household appliances. If you use batteries, you can get off the grid completely or just store energy for later in case of a power blackout. If you stay on the grid, your power company will pay you for energy generated that you didn't use!
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