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Design your own Renewable Energy Systems
Renewable Energy Solutions.... use wind and solar energy to reduce your power bills or completely eliminate them.
Living off the Grid..... newsletter that helps with off grid living, renewable energy, solar panels, and how to build your own homemade wind generator.
Wind Energy Guide....an informative guide to wind power and battery systems.
Teach yourself Solar Power.... build your own solar power system with this easy to follow guide.
Eco-Friendly Fuel Systems
Convert your car to run on water....drive your car using water as fuel while reducing emissions and preventing global warming.
Alternative Fuel Systems.... Learn how to run your car on water, hydrogen fuel systems, make biodiesel, and save money.
Make your own Biodiesel.....run your car on this environmental friendly fuel.
How to Save Money on your Energy Bills
Ultimate Gas Saver Guide....cut your gas spending in half.
Cut your Heating and Electric Bills in Half....homeowners, landlords, and renters looking to save.
Green Business Opportunities
Secrets of Battery Reconditioning....transform totally dead batteries to 100% charge capacity.
Socially Responsible Recycling Business....learn the secrets to recycling cell phones and protect the environment.
Clean Energy Grants from the US Government
Learn about Renewable Energy Grants from the US Government....tutorial for writing grants and getting funds for clean energy programs from the government.
Federal Grant Sources....search for renewable energy grants for your state.
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Design, Develop, and Build a Wind Farm
The development of a wind farm can provide excellent opportunities at a local level. Development can provide landowners with an alternative or supplementary income and can provide jobs locally during the construction and operational phases of the project.
Not all sites are suitable for wind farms, for economic and environmental reasons. When assessing the suitability of a new wind farm location, both technical feasibility and environmental sustainability must be addressed.
The most important factor to consider in the construction of a wind energy facility is your wind resource. A site must have a minimum annual average wind speed in the neighborhood of 11-13 mph to even be considered. View our Wind Resource Maps to check if your site will qualify.
Wind Turbines generally account for 75% of the total project costs. Financial institutions have shown willingness to invest in funding of a wind farm project. Local equity available through a shared or community developed wind farm may prove attractive for the project developers.
An issue in keeping costs down in building a wind farm is minimizing the amount of transmission infrastructure that has to be installed. High voltage lines can cost thousands of dollars per mile. Also, new roads, transmission equipment, maintenance infrastructure, turbines, and the like all need to be considered.
Utilities will tend to purchase power from what they consider to be the cheapest and most reliable technology. In most cases, that is natural gas. That does not mean there is not a market for wind, though. Demand for renewable energy and environmental requirements are creating buyers for wind power, new investments, and lower rates.
Developing any wind power project can be a huge undertaking due to the seemingly infinite amounts of social and environmental factors at play. A wind farm developer should enlist the services of a consultant involved with the regulations affecting the wind power industry.
A few questions to answer before starting a Wind Farm
How much money can I make?
How many turbines can be placed on a section of land?
Is my land a good wind site?
How do I get wind turbines on my land?
How much will I have to invest?
Will my property taxes increase?
Can turbines be sited on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land?
Can turbines be sited on grassland easements?
What are the steps leading to wind development?
What does the local utility think?
How much do wind turbines cost?
How much does a wind farm earn?
Who owns the wind farm?
How much wind is needed?
How much electricity do they generate?
Do wind turbines harm birds?
How tall are the wind turbines?
Are wind turbines noisy?
How do turbines operate?
What happens when the wind doesn't blow?
Find the answers to these questions and plenty of help at the DOE's Wind Powering America website.
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