| There are three major renewable energy sources | | | | sun is shining, you are making electricity. If it is |
| - wind power, solar power, and magnetic power. | | | | not shining, though, you are stuck without |
| Recently, there has been a lot of hype | | | | electricity. Therefore, you can not really go |
| surrounding these with promises that you can | | | | off-grid with solar power either. |
| make your own electricity using each of these. | | | | Price is another big factor in solar power systems |
| Even more, some claim that you can make so | | | | as well. They are pretty expensive - perhaps |
| much electricity that you have a surplus and you | | | | even more expensive than wind power systems. |
| can sell it to your power company. All these | | | | The initial investment of tens of thousands of |
| claims are probably well-founded in facts. The | | | | dollars takes a while to repay itself unless you are |
| purpose of this article, however, is to present you | | | | really lucky and you get a lot of solar exposure. |
| with the shortcomings of each of these three | | | | So similarly to wind power, solar power systems |
| sources, so that you can make a better decision | | | | take a long time to pay for themselves and are |
| based on a careful consideration of pros and cons | | | | not reliable to give you electricity all the time. Do |
| and not only hearsay. | | | | you want to get stuck with such an expensive |
| What is wrong with wind power systems? | | | | and sometimes inefficient system? |
| In theory wind power systems can make you a | | | | Finally, let us look at what is bad about magnetic |
| lot of free electricity whenever the wind is | | | | power systems? |
| blowing. Stop. Do you see the first shortcoming? | | | | Magnetic power systems are the cheapest of the |
| Yes, the wind has to be blowing. If it is not | | | | three. However, the bad thing about them is that |
| blowing for some reason, then you are not | | | | you have to build them yourselves, i.e. presumably |
| making electricity anymore. Therefore, the first | | | | not everyone can build one. So you need |
| shortcoming of wind power is its | | | | know-how. Where do you get this know-how? |
| over-dependence on its source - the wind. | | | | And is it going to allow a complete newbie make |
| Whenever there is no wind, there is no electricity. | | | | a well-working magnetic power generator? |
| With this, obviously, you can not go completely | | | | But there is one more shortcoming of magnetic |
| off-grid. | | | | power generators, and that is their efficiency. We |
| The second shortcoming of wind power systems | | | | already mentioned the low price. Well, you get |
| is connected with the price of such an installation. | | | | what you pay for, so the return is not that high |
| How much do you think it would cost you to | | | | either - it takes several hours to charge a simple |
| purchase a wind turbine and to set up your wind | | | | 12V battery. Therefore, magnetic power |
| power system? It can certainly cost you well | | | | generators are definitely not sufficient to go |
| within the tens of thousands of dollars. And how | | | | off-grid and stay off-grid. |
| long will it take for this system to repay for | | | | So, these were the shortcomings of the three |
| itself? Well, let us say that you save $100 per | | | | top renewable energy sources. One could easily |
| month, which is a reasonable amount - not too | | | | see that each of these has its shortcomings. But |
| much, not too little. This makes a little over $1000 | | | | what if you were to implement all of these, so |
| per year. So depending on the price of your | | | | that they could complement each other. |
| system you are set for up to 20-30 years for | | | | Furthermore, what if you had a step-by-step |
| your system to repay for yourself. Do you have | | | | guide on how to make each one of them? Thus, |
| so much time to wait? | | | | you could save money and you could make sure |
| Now, how about solar power systems? | | | | that your renewable energy system is most |
| Yes, it is quite similar to wind power. In the case | | | | efficient. For a list of renewable energy DIY |
| of solar power, however, you need not wind but | | | | systems check the link below. |
| sun exposure for it to make you electricity. If the | | | | |