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Comment on How do places with wind and solar energy sustain their power? by Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:58:59 +0000

Small places, like a remote house or an island, might have batteries. A large place, like a city, would be connected to a "Grid", or electrical energy transmission system. If the wind stopped blowing, deep in the night, they would pull energy off the grid, from a nuclear plant, or coal-burning generation station, or hydroelectric project many miles away. A town on an island might have a large diesel generator.
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Comment on How do places with wind and solar energy sustain their power? by campbelp2002

campbelp2002 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:37:59 +0000

Basically a big battery. Or a bunch of big batteries. But almost no place actually relies 100% on only wind and solar, because the batteries are expensive and not really green (full of toxins like lead and acid or whatever). So most places rely only partly on wind and solar, and use regular power company power when there is no wind at night.
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Comment on How do places with wind and solar energy sustain their power? by White Polar Bear

White Polar Bear — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:17:59 +0000

You don't control when the wind will blow or when there is cloud covering the solar panel. You design enough windmill and solar panel so the system can generate enough and stable energy year around.Obviously, you need to store the energy somehow.
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Comment on How do places with wind and solar energy sustain their power? by Chevy to the Lance

Chevy to the Lance — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:05:59 +0000

With solar and wind powered places, you only need so much energy for the panels or windmill to power itself. The rest of the energy is stored and used throughout the night or when there isn't any wind. So really, it is a great way of using energy and for your project, you could say that you would transfer the power so at one time you are only using wind and the other you are only using solar.
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Comment on Solar Home – Conserving Pv Power by Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:33:59 +0000

It’s hard with an older rental. You can do some other energy conservation stuff in the house.

You can build a solar panel for less than $200 or if it would work in your area, you might want to consider a small wind generator. You can build one usually for less than $100.

There are lots of manuals available showing you how to do this, but they aren’t all written well. There are 3 evaluated at http://www.makerenewableenergy.weebly.com

This is something that sounds really hard to do, but can be done easily. Good luck with what ever you decide.
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Comment on Solar Home – Conserving Pv Power by gduncan

gduncan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:31:59 +0000

Yeah, you’re limited to what you can do in a rented home. I guess I would continue with any additional energy conserving improvements that aren’t going to get you in trouble with your landlord, then you could experiment with solar power for your home.

You could start with a radio or a charger as has been suggested. There are a number of options available. Once you’ve gone through this exercise, you might be ready for the portable solar panels.

Remember that you have the option of buying or constructing your own. There are a number of resources available to help you out with this sort or thing, but one called Efficient Planet is probably the best one for you. It covers a lot about home energy conservation as well DIY solar power.
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Comment on Solar Home – Conserving Pv Power by dbHARMesq.

dbHARMesq. — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:29:59 +0000

Depending on where you live, and the Year-Round exposure of Sun rays to a "prime" location for your receptors; has *EVERYTHING* to do with your decision to try to "tap in" to the *FREE ENERGY* supplied by our *Mother Sun* to *All* of the planets rotating around *Her*! I think that I’m safe in saying that *only we on this planet Earth, so far as we know, are the only GOD-created creatures* who have a *dedicated and determined* interest in *LIVING A GOOD LIFE* to the *GLORY OF OUR GOD*!!
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Comment on Solar Home – Conserving Pv Power by Bandett

Bandett — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:27:59 +0000

when ever you want to discuss solar energy you have state where you live. Even if you owned the house solar electric is 25 to 50,000 to make any house hold power. BUT solar hot water is cheap and plentiful. you can make an outside shower.

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/WaterHeating/water_heating.htm
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Comment on How Much Do Solar Panels Cost by roderick_young

roderick_young — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:27:59 +0000

For a school-size installation, it would likely be around $6/watt, since nonprofits and schools are ineligible for most incentives. (If this was a residential or commercial install, it would be more like $4/watt). So for two 10 kW arrays, $120,000. That's including all the parts and labor.
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Comment on Solar Home – Conserving Pv Power by Irv S

Irv S — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:25:59 +0000

Because you rent, your options are limited.
You can’t make any changes without the owners permission,
and anything you do to the house becomes his property.
Don’t do anything, even insulation, without his permission.
Any improvment you make should be re-imbused in some
way by agreement with him.
Any meaningful solar installation would take major renovation,
and be very expensive.
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