Bay Area Solar Group » Everything http://bayareasolargroup.com Bringing Green to the Golden State Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Solar Power Your Home Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply (Back-To-Basics Conserving) http://bayareasolargroup.com/2011/12/how-to-solar-power-your-home-everything-you-need-to-know-explained-simply-back-to-basics-conserving/ http://bayareasolargroup.com/2011/12/how-to-solar-power-your-home-everything-you-need-to-know-explained-simply-back-to-basics-conserving/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:13:33 +0000 admin http://bayareasolargroup.com/2011/12/how-to-solar-power-your-home-everything-you-need-to-know-explained-simply-back-to-basics-conserving/ How to Solar Power Your Home Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply (Back-To-Basics Conserving)

Now more than ever, the question of economic and environmentally friendly energy sources has become a hot topic in almost every American home. With that in mind, more and more people are turning to alternatives such as solar power as a means of saving money and reducing their imprint on the environment. This nearly carbon neutral method comes with hefty tax rebates from the federal government and in states like California and New Jersey massive rebates from the state. More states are considering

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]]> http://bayareasolargroup.com/2011/12/how-to-solar-power-your-home-everything-you-need-to-know-explained-simply-back-to-basics-conserving/feed/ 0 Building Your Own Solar And Wind Power Systems – Everything You Need To Know http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-%e2%80%93-everything-you-need-to-know/ http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-%e2%80%93-everything-you-need-to-know/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:45:23 +0000 admin http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-%e2%80%93-everything-you-need-to-know/ In this day and age, the two most important things, which need proper attention are the environment and the economy. This is due to the fact that the environment seems to be powerless already because of the high-level of pollution nowadays and the economy is on its critical condition by now because of the increasing inflation rate every year. Thus, you have to act now and do your duty as a responsible human being. You have to do something which will benefit both the environment and the economy. As a matter of fact, one of the very best ways, which you can consider to help the two most important things here on earth is to try building your own solar and wind power systems.

It is quite undeniable that solar energy and wind energy are a renewable types of energy. When you say renewable energy, it simply refers to a type of energy which naturally comes from the environment. Such type of energy can be easily replaced as well as beneficial not only the human race but also to the environment. Hence, building your own solar and wind power systems is a very good thing for you to consider in these days. You just have to be aware on how to get started.

The following are the ways which you can consider in building your own solar and wind power systems:

1. Purchase a DIY solar and wind power system kit. There are so many DIY solar and wind power system kits available in the world market today. You simply have to carefully choose a kit which can be very helpful on your part. In addition, you also have to purchase a kit which is not too expensive but irrefutably effective. In doing so, you can surely save yourself from any regrets in the long run.

2. Carefully read all the instructions. All of the DIY kits on how to build a solar or wind power system include instructions on how you can do such task without the help of any experts. You just have to carefully read all those instructions in order to be truly successful in building your own solar and wind power systems.

3. Be patient and take your time in building your own power system. Patience is absolutely a virtue. Thus, you have to make sure to be very patient in constructing your homemade power system. You have to instill into your mind that you cannot construct your own power system in just a snap of your finger. This only means that you have to exert much of your effort so that you can come up with a very effective power system at the end of the day.

Indeed, building your own solar and wind power systems is not just a simple child’s play. Hence, you really have to bear in mind all the aforementioned ways in building or constructing your own homemade power systems. In this way, you can be sure that you can successfully construct your power system sooner or later, save the dying environment and somehow save a certain amount of money for your own sake.

Ready to stop relying on an expensive energy source?

]]> http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-%e2%80%93-everything-you-need-to-know/feed/ 1 Building Your Own Solar and Wind Power Systems – Everything You Need to Know http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-everything-you-need-to-know/ http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-everything-you-need-to-know/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:25:28 +0000 admin http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-everything-you-need-to-know/ In this day and age, the two most important things, which need proper attention are the environment and the economy. This is due to the fact that the environment seems to be powerless already because of the high-level of pollution nowadays and the economy is on its critical condition by now because of the increasing inflation rate every year. Thus, you have to act now and do your duty as a responsible human being. You have to do something which will benefit both the environment and the economy. As a matter of fact, one of the very best ways, which you can consider to help the two most important things here on earth is to try building your own solar and wind power systems.

It is quite undeniable that solar energy and wind energy are a renewable types of energy. When you say renewable energy, it simply refers to a type of energy which naturally comes from the environment. Such type of energy can be easily replaced as well as beneficial not only the human race but also to the environment. Hence, building your own solar and wind power systems is a very good thing for you to consider in these days. You just have to be aware on how to get started.

The following are the ways which you can consider in building your own solar and wind power systems:

1. Purchase a DIY solar and wind power system kit. There are so many DIY solar and wind power system kits available in the world market today. You simply have to carefully choose a kit which can be very helpful on your part. In addition, you also have to purchase a kit which is not too expensive but irrefutably effective. In doing so, you can surely save yourself from any regrets in the long run.

2. Carefully read all the instructions. All of the DIY kits on how to build a solar or wind power system include instructions on how you can do such task without the help of any experts. You just have to carefully read all those instructions in order to be truly successful in building your own solar and wind power systems.

3. Be patient and take your time in building your own power system. Patience is absolutely a virtue. Thus, you have to make sure to be very patient in constructing your homemade power system. You have to instill into your mind that you cannot construct your own power system in just a snap of your finger. This only means that you have to exert much of your effort so that you can come up with a very effective power system at the end of the day.

Indeed, building your own solar and wind power systems is not just a simple child’s play. Hence, you really have to bear in mind all the aforementioned ways in building or constructing your own homemade power systems. In this way, you can be sure that you can successfully construct your power system sooner or later, save the dying environment and somehow save a certain amount of money for your own sake.

Ready to stop relying on an expensive energy source?

]]> http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/12/building-your-own-solar-and-wind-power-systems-everything-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 Everything You Need To Know About Green Energy http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-green-energy/ http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-green-energy/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:25:11 +0000 admin http://bayareasolargroup.com/2009/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-green-energy/ Green energy refers to the use of power that is not only more efficient than fossil fuel but that is friendly to the environment as well. Green energy is generally defined as energy sources that dont pollute and are renewable.


There are several categories of green energy (GE). They are anaerobic digestion, wind power, geothermal power, hydropower on a small scale, biomass power, solar power and wave power. Waste incineration can even be a source of green energy.


Nuclear power plants claim that they produce green energy as well, though this source is fraught with controversy, as we all know. While nuclear energy may be sustainable, may be considered renewable and does not pollute the atmosphere while it is producing energy, its waste does pollute the biosphere as it is released.


The transport, mining and phases before and after production of nuclear energy does produce and release carbon dioxide and similar destructive greenhouse gases. When we read of green energy, therefore, we rarely see nuclear power included.


Those who support nuclear energy say that nuclear waste is not, in fact, released into our earths biosphere during its normal production cycle. They stress as well that the carbon dioxide that nuclear energy production releases is comparable, in terms of each kilowatt hour of electricity, to such sources of GE as wind power.


As an example of the GE production the average wind turbine, such as the one in Reading England, can produce enough energy daily to be the only energy source for 1000 households.


Many countries now offer household and commercial consumers to opt for total use of green energy. They do this one of two ways. Consumers can buy their electricity from a company that only uses renewable green energy technology, or they can buy from their general supplies such as the local utility company who then buys from GE resources only as much of a supply as consumers pay for.


The latter is generally a more cost – efficient way of supplying a home or office with GE, as the supplier can reap the economic benefits of a mass purchase. Green energy generally costs more per kilowatt hour than standard fossil fuel energy.


Consumers can also purchase green energy certificates, which are alternately referred to as green tags or green certificates. These are available in both Europe and the United States, and are the most convenient method for the average consumer to support green energy. More than 35 million European households and one million American households now buy these GE certificates.


While GE is a great step in the direction of keeping our environment healthy and our air as pollutant free as possible, it must be noted that no matter what the energy, it will negatively impact the environment to some extent.


Every energy source, green or otherwise, requires energy. The production of this energy will create pollution during its manufacture. Green energys impact is minimal, however.

James Copper owns www.propertycareerskills.co.uk who offer energy training and assessment.

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