Green Living with a Family » wind power electricity http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com helping kids and families learn to live a little bit greener Fri, 27 May 2011 21:20:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Residential Wind Power http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/residential-wind-power.html http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/residential-wind-power.html#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:53:21 +0000 Jackie http:/www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/?p=21 Do you think it’s possible to create residential wind power? Do you think it’s possible to do in an affordable manner? The answer to the first question may be yes, but most times the answer to the second is no. If you have done any research on creating residential wind power you know the prefabricated wind turbine can cost a couple thousand dollars, which is usually out of reach of the average American.

Now you can build you own wind power generator, and you can do it for less than $200.  I found this guide that will show you step by step directions how to build a wind power generator to create your own residential wind power. It will show you how to find all the parts you need to create a professional quality wind turbine for your home.

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]]> http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/residential-wind-power.html/feed 0 Wind Power Electricity http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/wind-power-electricity.html http://www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/wind-power-electricity.html#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:29:31 +0000 Jackie http:/www.howtoliveoffgridnow.com/?p=16 Wind power electricity can be a great way to supplement your power supply. Wind power electricity is generally not the best way to go to move totally off grid, simply because so many places do not have the amount of wind needed to support an entire household worth of electricity.

Most times it is better to set up a home solar energy system, and use wind power electricity as a supplement. This type of power is a perfect supplement for solar energy. You can store the wind power energy and use the stored power on cloudy days when your solar system is not producing the optimimum amount of power.

If you are looking to create your own wind power electricity, but don’t want to pay for a premade wind turbine you can easily make one yourself with this great step by step guide to creating wind power electricity.

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