Monday, November 14, 2011

Alternative Energy - alternative energy solar and wind




this is a small video of my solar hot water and solar electric system and my wind turbines.I just want to show what these types of systems can do.every thing I have learned about alt energy is from youTube videos.be safe and have fun.My video was cut short I only have 3 12v batteries being charged from the windmills and small solar array.they only get used when the power goes out so they just stay topped off untill then.the top windmill is a 500w the 2 lowers are 1000w each.1000w would take a steady 30mph wind which will never happen where they are so they might make 200w max each but they are fun to watch and do help out a LITTLE



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Travelers Forms Clean Energy & Technology Practice
Insurance Journal
According to the Solar Energies Industry Association, today, solar energy is the fastest growing energy technology in the US The US solar market grew to a $6 billion industry in 2010, up 67 percent from $3.6 billion in 2009. Similarly, the US wind ...
Here Enterprises' Wind Farm Located in World Capital of Wind Energy GenerationMarketWatch (press release)
Want Low-Cost Clean Energy? Bank on InnovationWorld Resources Institute

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Treehugger

Ontario's Feed-in-Tariff program Special
DigitalJournal.com
Under the MicroFIT program, homeowners in Ontario are able to install various types of renewable energies - solar, wind, etc. - and connect their home to the local electricity grid. This will not only power their own home with green energy, ...
Germany Announces 15% Lower Feed-In TariffTreehugger

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The Seattle Times

Fight ahead: Keep giving tax credits for wind power?
The Seattle Times
The bill would extend for four years the tax credits for wind power, hydropower, geothermal power and other forms of renewable energy. Reichert's office had no cost estimate for the legislation, but the wind subsidies alone are estimated to cost ...
National Grid program helps customers go greenMetroWest Daily News
Wind power subsidies divide CongressTheNewsTribune.com
Reichert: Renew wind tax creditsThe Olympian

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AFP

South Africa gets $250mn loan for wind, solar power
AFP
The loan will help fund what the World Bank described as two of the largest renewable energy projects in Africa -- the massive Upington solar park in arid Northern Cape province and the Sere wind farm in Western Cape province, 300 kilometres (185 ...
In Advance of UN Climate Summit in Durban, World Bank Gives Clean Energy Loan ...TMC Net
S.Africa seeks partners for renewable energy fundReuters Africa
World Bank's African renewables funding rises to $3.6bnCreamer Media's Engineering News
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News -East Coast Radio -BuaNews Online (press release)
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Sol Systems and Cooley LLP Announce Suite of Legal Resources Through SolMarket
MarketWatch (press release)
For the past decade, the firm's project development and finance capabilities have been focused on the renewable energy sector. Cooley now has one of the nation's leading clean energy practices with strengths in wind (onshore and offshore), solar, ...

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