News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

President Obama has promised to spend one hundred and fifty billion dollars on alternative energy in the next ten years. He says it will be a crucial step forward – it will not be enough.

Currently, wind power and solar power are the two best choices for residential power and combined they make up only 0.2 percent of the total power consumption. Three renewable energy sources – wind, solar and geothermal energy – and the considerable advantage to these is they are clean energy supplies, which are friendly to the environment. The result of using these methods is the lack of carbon emissions and also, they are virtually limitless in their supply.
 
Renewable energy can also be used in a rural environment as follows:
 
• Hot water usage for barns and home
• Power pumping equipment for watering livestock
• Powering all electrical equipment like fans, gates, feeder equipment
• Powering all lighting units inside and outside barns and laneways
• Use power to save on labor costs – automatic equipment.
• Lower user costs for farm operation and safeguarding from price hikes, brownouts, blackouts, and any grid issues out of the farmers control.
• No expenditures for wiring to remote areas of land on the farm.
• Farmers can produce up to five megawatts of power utilizing undersized modular biomass power units.
 
There are so many opportunities for renewable energy services to provide inexpensive yet dependable electricity for farm use and on ranches. The installation of solar power units or wind turbine systems is more often than not, cheaper than installing a new power line if the electricity is required a quarter mile away or more from the existing power source.
 
The majority of people do not understand the advantages of renewable power generation and how it can be a big assist for homeowners. What follows are some reasons why a person should consider their own home made energy systems.

• The energy savings can amount to hundreds of bucks a month and thousands of dollars each year!
• You will be doing much more than the average person to aid the environment and upon seeing what you are doing; more people may join the trend.
• It will be enjoyable to construct your own power systems for your home. With help from friends or family, it can be completed in a weekend.
• You can get entirely off of the grid if that is your desire and know you will never again need to concern yourself with high energy prices.
• If you choose the specific program, you can actually have the power company pay you! You can sell back to them whatever excess power you do not use yourself. Your meter will actually start running backwards and you can stay attached to the grid if you want.
• During tough economical times, you can rest comfortably knowing you can spend on other things besides power – you are making your own!
• You can feel very good about yourself for doing something wonderful for the world environment in your small corner of the earth.

A full 93.9 percent of all the power used by the United States in not generated from renewable sources. You best option for home power generation is wind and solar power units. They are currently only a drop in the bucket of total consumed energy. The government is offering incentives for power use, primarily solar energy, but run the numbers and do your research. You will find that now is an ideal opportunity for you to avoid high public utility power costs and begin generating your own power.