Can you build your own electric generator? Is that even possible? Yes. But before we look into the “hows” and “whys”, let’s talk about electricity. Electricity is a form of energy just like heat and light. Naturally occurring electric sources, however, are hard to find, and most only produce very little power. Take for example the static electricity that makes your arm hair stand up in an .. more …
It doesn’t really matter what any green sceptic will say, people need energy and the most commonly used source is fossil fuel. Until alternative energy is available for the masses, everyone is affected by prices charged for natural gas or electricity. Combined with tariffs, the cost of energy can almost be prohibitive. Fortunately, there are ways a person can keep energy costs well within budget .. more …
With gas prices out of common men reach, certainly in the near future gas will be so rare to come by. Thanks to human nature, which have vast in-depth ability to improvise any situation to survive. The advert of electric car s and ability to convert gas to electric car attest to that. Many times these Gadgets are generally considered to be a step ahead of prevailing technology of their time. Many .. more …
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– KB Home (NYSE: KBH – News ), one of the nation’s premier homebuilders, today announced that it will include solar power systems as a standard feature of its Built to Order homes in select communities in Central Florida. The systems can help KB homeowners reduce their monthly energy bills by as much as 50% when compared to a typical resale home and lower their cost .. more …
In addition to helping us lessen our expenses on home energy, it is also environment friendly. Unlike most energy sources that release chemical substances into the atmosphere, wind generators only uses wind power. It has no other byproducts that can damage our atmosphere causing ozone thinning and many other related problems. The only thing that the wind generator will produce is the cheap energy .. more …
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise.They hope the water comes back to the surface fast enough and hot enough to create cheap, clean electricity that isn’t dependent on sunny skies .. more …
The geothermal heat pump (GHP), also known as the Ground-Source Heat Pump (GSHP) or generically as geoexchange, is the fastest growing geothermal application today. GSHP is a highly efficient renewable energy technology that is gaining wide acceptance for both residential and commercial buildings, with 1.4 million installations worldwide by 2005, and growth from 1,854 MWt of capacity in 1995 to .. more …
