Renewable Energy Sources 101

Portable Solar Power REVEALED

jnewell — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:02:18 +0000

The same photovoltaic systems that convert solar energy into electricity are becoming available as portable systems that you can carry wherever you want. [...]

How Do Windmills Generate Electricity?

jnewell — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:03:46 +0000

By Gary Ashby

Do you wish to learn how windmills generate electricity, and how you can use them to run your home? As the natural resources needed to create electric power are decreasing every day along with rising electric bills, alternatives like wind and solar energy have started getting a lot attention. It is much more [...]

Which Bio-fuel is Better? Algae VS Ethanol

jnewell — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:58:50 +0000

By Steven H. Longoria

With oil prices skyrocketing, food costs peaking, and the economy in a recession, consumers are looking for a way to relieve the strain on their thinning pocketbooks. One of the ways to ease this stress is to look towards a cheaper, more efficient form of fuel. Here’s where the exciting new bio-fuels [...]

Knowing Bio Fuels – Does it do Good For the Environment?

jnewell — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:43:44 +0000

By Tom Founder

Bio fuels are the fuels made from the decomposition of biological matters. Mostly when the plants decompose, they secret some form of by-product. They can be solid, liquid or gas.

Bio fuels are not the same as fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are mostly what we are familiar with including petroleum, coal and natural gas. [...]

Micro Hydro Systems: Harness the Power of a Nearby Stream for Your Home’s Electrical Needs

jnewell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:24:31 +0000

If there is a running stream or brook on your property or nearby, you may be able to harness its power and use it to replace most of your electric needs. This can be an efficient and reliable way to heat your house and power everything in it that is [...]

Wind Turbines: Here is Something Better

jnewell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:17:54 +0000

Author: Dave Tishendorf

The windmill, now one of the stars of the worldwide drive to develop a reasonably priced, non-polluting alternative energy source, has humble origins.

The first windmills were built to automate the tasks of grain-grinding and water-pumping, and the earliest-known design is the vertical axis system developed in Persia about 500-900 A.D.

The windmill’s rise to [...]

Geothermal Energy For Home Improvement Projects

jnewell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:27:56 +0000

By RJ Current

Geothermal heating is an idea that has been around for a long time. But just what is it and how does it actually work?

Steam created from deep underground heat sources or natural hot springs have been used as a clean energy heating source for years.

If you have a dog, you have probably noticed [...]

Thinking About Going Solar? Start with a smaller Lighting or Hot Water Project

jnewell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:32:57 +0000

By: Jim Newell

Renewable energy sources have a few commonalities including they are generally free of pollutants, they do far less harm to the environment, systems that use renewable energy are less costly to operate than those that use fossil fuels. Solar power has all of these commonalities, however solar power systems are costly to acquire [...]

The Marvel of Water Power

jnewell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:03:06 +0000

By Erin Hunt

Using the movement of water to create power for machinery and other applications was first discovered thousands of years ago, dating back as far as ancient Greece, and has continued to be a reliable way to produce energy throughout civilization. In ancient Greece, the Greeks created large wheels that churned through the water [...]

3 Major Benefits of Windmill Electricity

jnewell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:56:08 +0000

By John Wickley

Windmill electricity will play a big role in our future economy and in the way we think about energy consumption. As finite resources in this country have just about been tapped, we import the majority of our fuel from overseas. We spend billions and trillions of dollars on this each year sending our [...]