What would you do if you have light or heat at home, cooking, or use any
electrical appliances because of a long-term power outage? Generate
with a number of different alternative energy sources available to your own
power at home; it may be difficult to know which one to choose.
Solar panels solar thermal collectors work with your existing heating system to provide you with hot water. As long as the sun shines, you get hot water for free.
Heat pumps take advantage of this cold, heat generating from water, soil or air, with an electric pump to deliver it to your home.
Micro-hydro Although this is only an option if you have a river near your house, as opposed to solar cells and wind turbines, they ensure a much more reliable source of power.
Micro Combined Heat and Power this is a kind of vessel that contains a generator to produce electricity. Alternative Energy for the Home
Solar panels solar thermal collectors work with your existing heating system to provide you with hot water. As long as the sun shines, you get hot water for free.
Heat pumps take advantage of this cold, heat generating from water, soil or air, with an electric pump to deliver it to your home.
Micro-hydro Although this is only an option if you have a river near your house, as opposed to solar cells and wind turbines, they ensure a much more reliable source of power.
Micro Combined Heat and Power this is a kind of vessel that contains a generator to produce electricity. Alternative Energy for the Home
The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative
energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to
hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the
21st century and beyond. The power providers may have to diversify their
business to make up for revenues lost through household energy micro generation.
Carbon Free has been studying the ever-growing trend toward alternative
energy-using homes in England and the West.
This trend is being driven by ever-more government recommendation and sometimes backing of alternative energy research and development, the rising cost of oil and other fossil fuels, concern about environmental degradation, and desires to be energy independent.
Carbon Free concludes that, assuming traditional energy prices remain at their current level or rise, micro generation (meeting all of one's home's energy needs by installing alternative energy technology such as solar panels or wind turbines) will become to home energy supply what the Internet became to home communications and data gathering, and eventually this will have deep effects on the businesses of the existing energy supply companies.
This trend is being driven by ever-more government recommendation and sometimes backing of alternative energy research and development, the rising cost of oil and other fossil fuels, concern about environmental degradation, and desires to be energy independent.
Carbon Free concludes that, assuming traditional energy prices remain at their current level or rise, micro generation (meeting all of one's home's energy needs by installing alternative energy technology such as solar panels or wind turbines) will become to home energy supply what the Internet became to home communications and data gathering, and eventually this will have deep effects on the businesses of the existing energy supply companies.
Carbon Free cites the example of electricity companies (in
the UK) reporting that they are seriously researching and developing ideas for
new geothermal energy facilities, as these companies see geothermal energy
production as a highly profitable wave of the future. Another conclusion of
Carbon Free is that solar energy hot water heating technology is an efficient
technology for reducing home water heating costs in the long run, although it
is initially quite expensive to install.
However, solar power is not yet cost-effective for corporations, as they require too much in the way of specialized plumbing to implement solar energy hot water heating. Lastly, Carbon Free tells us that installing wind turbines is an efficient way of reducing home electricity costs, while also being more independent.
However, solar power is not yet cost-effective for corporations, as they require too much in the way of specialized plumbing to implement solar energy hot water heating. Lastly, Carbon Free tells us that installing wind turbines is an efficient way of reducing home electricity costs, while also being more independent.
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