Category: Wind Power

Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application-Second Edition

Two completely new chapters covering the fundamentals of data collection and analysis, computer codes and wind turbine design and testing, the authors draw on substantial practical experience to provide a highly accessible introduction to the cross-disciplinary field of wind engineering.

Saturday April 10th, 2010 in Wind Power | No Comments »

Want Free Power? Build A Wind Generator

It is true.  You may have heard it and not believed it, but you can build a wind generator on your own.  Even better is the large amounts of money you can save when you build a wind generator instead of purchasing one from a wholesaler or retailer.  It is easy to build a wind [...]

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 in Wind Power | No Comments »

Windmill design

What constitutes a windmill? A windmill is device that converts wind energy into mechanical energy which is later converted into electrical energy. A windmill typically consists of the following parts: • The blades – A windmill can consist of any number of blades from four to 20. Some special wind mills have higher number of [...]

Sunday February 21st, 2010 in Tips, Wind Power | No Comments »

Wind turbine

What is a wind turbine? A wind turbine is also referred to as a windmill or wind generator. Though the terms are used interchangeably, there is a minor difference. The wind turbine is the device that makes use of the wind energy to produce mechanical energy. This mechanical energy is then used as is or [...]

Monday February 15th, 2010 in Tips, Wind Power | No Comments »

Wind power solutions at home

With the world’s ever-increasing demand of power being more than its supply, it is about time that we take concrete steps to save power. Apart from being conscious about the usage of power and water at home, one can employ pollution-free and cost-effective power solutions at our homes. Solar power solutions and wind power solutions [...]

Tuesday February 9th, 2010 in Solar Power, Tips, Wind Power | No Comments »

Wind generator

What is a wind generator? A wind generator is a machine that uses wind energy to produce electrical energy. It captures wind energy and converts it into mechanical energy that moves the blades of a motor to produce electrical energy. Wind generators help produce thousands of megawatts of electricity. They are also a very popular [...]

Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 in Tips, Wind Power | No Comments »

Living The Green Energy Home Dream

With all the advances in green energy technology, it is easier than ever to start converting your home into a green energy home.  A green energy home utilizes renewable resources to provide electricity, hot water, heat and peace of mind. There are several ways to implement your green energy home plan.  The first is solar [...]

Sunday January 24th, 2010 in Solar Panels, Solar Power, Wind Power | No Comments »

What Are Green Energy Sources

Many homeowners today are looking into integrating green energy sources for developing more energy efficient homes and businesses.  A green energy source is power generated through renewable resources, such as the sun, wind and water.  The other benefit of green energy sources is their low contribution to global warming, pollution and other environmental issues. The [...]

Tuesday January 12th, 2010 in Solar Panels, Solar Power, Wind Power | No Comments »

Is Renewable Energy Technology Really Available To Homeowners

With the rising energy costs and effects of global warming so prevalent today, many people are wondering if there is truth to the concept of renewable energy technology.  There also appears to be confusion between alternative energy technology and renewable energy technology.  Alternative energy encompasses all renewable energy sources, but includes things like nuclear power [...]

Wednesday January 6th, 2010 in Solar Power, Wind Power | No Comments »

Renewable energy solutions

With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three types of energy solutions fall [...]

Tuesday December 29th, 2009 in Biodiesel, Solar Power, Tips, Wind Power | No Comments »