Advantages of Solar & Wind Power

Solar wind power is probably the most common form of alternative, renewable energy available anywhere. There are lots of reasons as for why it’s such a popular alternative and maybe you have already researched the fantastic benefits renewable energy has to offer. If you haven’t looked into these benefits, you would be well advised to. However, it would appear that many people believe they can only benefit from solar wind power if they live within the United States but this couldn’t be further from the truth.

One of the most exciting recent developments in green energy involves solar-wind power. If you’re looking into a home solar power system, solar-wind is a slightly more expensive but far more cost-effective system, particularly if you live in an area that gets plenty of both sun and wind. While this field is still developing, there are already many innovative packages that are relatively easy to install and that can save you money on energy for years go come.

What is Solar-Wind Energy?

Here is a paper I’ve written after I finished my first solar and wind power installation. It was the time I had a clearer point of view of all the benefits of home-built green power systems.

In these days of recession and rising energy prices, there is a lot of talk about renewable, or “green” energy.  Incredibly, more and more people seem to reducing their power bills by building their own wind turbines and solar panels from scratch.  Is this a viable solution to the energy crisis, or a waste of time?  This article will explain the many benefits of home-built green power systems.

Fancy a small video a friend of mine took when I was building my solar wind power system. It is not very good looking but he promised me that the next videos will look more professional.

Click here to see the book that help me build my own solar wind power system.

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my solar house

So what is this Earth4Energy guide that everyone is talking about?

As I said before the first step of my solar and wind power project was to gather enough information to find out if I could build a solar wind power system myself and at what cost.

Letting solar wind power companies build and install the solar panels and windmill would have cost me a small fortune ($25,000). And I calculated that it would take us more than 10 years to break even.

Before I go ahead and explain to you why I was convinced that the guide that will give me all the background knowledge I would need to build my own solar and wind power systems was earth4energy, let me give you some home solar generators facts.

As sophisticated as it may look, I have been told that the technology needed to build solar generators at a professional level can be replicated with means available in any average house with a cost of no more than $ 200.

After the time and strength we put in our new house, it was easier to be thinking of getting professional help to fulfill our new alternative energy project.

There are more and more companies specialized in renewal energy like solar and wind power. Our next step was to find the most reliable, professional and cheapest one. We did a small market survey in our area and from the 8 renewable energy businesses available the answers we received were not encouraging at all. Cost estimates, federal, state and local savings, post incentive cost, monthly kWh consumption, etc. were some of the questions we had to answer before anyone gave us a more or less straight $12,500 to $25,000 answer, and without counting any windmill cost and installation.

When you finally own your house you feel like you have accomplished a lifetime dream. But when your dream house is as close to nature as possible you want to thank back mother nature for all what she offers you.

Me and my wife, Sally, we love nature and respect all aspect of it. We love living in the countryside even if close to an urban area. So it was only natural for us to own a wooden house to match our lifestyle.

But we soon felt that we could do more for us and our planet and our first thought went to solar and wind power.