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Renewable Energy Info
75 Energy Conserving Ideas to use BEFORE you purchase a RE System
One of the aspects that sometimes gets overlooked when considering renewable energy options, is reducing the energy you consume. Before you spend a dime on solar, wind or hydro power, it is imperative that you look at your current household environment and do things to conserve energy. It is much less expensive to conserve energy and buy a smaller RE system than to buy a RE system that meets the needs of an average home. This should not be looked upon lightly. You are going to have to make some sacrifices in order to conserve and it will change your life. Here are some ideas to get you started before investing in renewable energy
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Build It Solar- Do It Yourself Solar Design (Very Good Site!)
Solar thermal projects (space heating, water heating, passive solar homes...) emphasized on this site tend to have good economic payoffs. Many of the projects listed here have simple payback periods under of 3 years.Building a solar project protects you from future increases in energy prices.The "dividends" earned from solar DIY projects are inflation protected and tax exempt.
Solar thermal projects emphasized on this site make good Do It Yourself projects. They are within the skill level of typical DIYers, and offer large savings over using commercial products.
These are good projects to get the kids involved in, illustrating how the sun works, and how best to take advantage of it. This is something that our great-grandparents understood, but we have lost over the last century of extreme dependence on fossil fuels.
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Center For Renewable Energies & Sustainable Technologies (CREST)
The Renewable Energy Project (REPP)'s goal is to accelerate the use of renewable energy by providing credible information, insightful policy analysis, and innovative strategies amid changing energy markets and mounting environmental needs by researching, publishing, and disseminating information, creating policy tools, and hosting highly active, on-line, renewable energy discussion groups.
REPP supports the advancement of renewable energy technology through policy research. REPP seeks to define growth strategies for renewables that respond to competitive energy markets and environmental needs.
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Nick Pine Usnet Solar Archive
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Since 1995 the Thermal Calculation Guru of Gurus regarding Solar and and ANYTHING energy has been posting and answering questions on various USENET subjects. Nick's generosity of time and talent explaining true science is evident in every message. The way he explains a complex calculation is truly world class. What you would never think you could understand is understood in just a few lines from Nick. The most difficult calculation is explained as easy as if you were reading the back of a box of cereal. I have 'lost' and invested so many hours over the years and gotten volumes of knowledge and delight from doing experiments regarding Nicks USENET postings.
As an experiment I have spent a great deal of time writing software that starts to organize this wealth of knowledge. I've personally selected subjects and keywords and organized the message by those topics. Hopefully this is just the beginning and look for this to be better organized and more great, world class information to appear on http://SOLAR.KnowledgePublications.com
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Solar Facts
Welcome to Solar Facts. We are building this site in the hope it will become the resource for solar power information. Currently the information about solar power on the internet is scattered, incomplete and of poor accessibilty. We aim to change all that by bringing the best information on solar together in one easy place.
We've now got infomation on:
Solar power
What is electricity? How is it generated?
How is solar power (electricity) generated? How is that different from conventional electricity?
What's in a solar setup? What do you need?
Solar power and a grid connection? What ways are there of doing this?
Is Solar Power Worth It?
Solar Cooking
Solar Heating
Living on Solar
Over time we hope to grow the site to include:
Forums for you to ask questions and share your knowledge
Experiences Articles written by those who've used and lived on solar power
A database of solar friendly appliances
Comprehensive tips and tricks for working with solar
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Solar Homes & Collectors
Solar energy is our birthright like the air we breathe or the water we drink. Solar Home Plans and affordable Solar Hot Water Plans are the gateway into a "Solar Age" of energy independence. Fossil fuels are no longer necessary to keep the wheels of civilization turning. Find out how this is possible at the Solar Book Store .
Alternative energies like solar energy will increase in value as fossil fuel prices escalate. Solar collectors, solar hot water systems, heat storage vaults, photovoltaic electricity, solar panels, solar greenhouses and solar house plans will become more important in this century. According to Buckminster Fuller "We have wondered too far from the roots." An energy crisis can only be avoided only if we learn to rely on a diffuse, sustainable resource like the sun.
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