4 Responses to “Home Solar Power Systems”

1. I find your website really useful, but I would like to point out that You could write more about wind power also, because homemade wind generator can produce more energy for people. Solar power need sun and this is something northern states cant have.

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   By Phil Thomson on Nov 20, 2008

2. Thanks for your comment. You are absolutely right, wind power is important and you make a good point regarding wind power usage being especially suited in some climates.

   I have actually started to add sections on wind power into the site, and I also created my new blog, Alternative Energy, which will eventually have sections on all types of alternative energy.

   

   By Anna on Nov 21, 2008

3. You know I definitely think that wind power has its place along side solar power amongst the alternative energy technologies, but I would like to correct the misconception that solar power can’t be used in northern states or countries. Solar Panels actually operate more effectively in colder temperatures and as such are used extensively in northern countries. In fact Scandinavia is known for its pioneering of solar energy in their building designs.

   That said, wind power is also effectively used in hot climates where a lot of wind is available so either ones are a good solution.

   Solar heating through the use of flat panels is currently the most cost effective way of using solar power as sustainable and renewable energy source. Though in colder climates it needs to be combined with a conventional heating system for the winter months when little sunlight is available. But despite that it still pays for itself within a few years in energy savings in northern countries.

   

   By Anthony on Nov 21, 2008

4. That’s true. It might also be true that wind power is a good supplemental source of power - for example, in the really really icy winter months in some areas. Then again they do use solar power in the Arctic … though maybe in the summer? In Scandinavia quite a lot of wind energy is used in addition to solar. It might also depend on which types of solar panels you have. For example I remember the main with the solar-powered van in England also had a wind-turbine he could connect up in case there was not enough solar energy.

   There is also wind at night … obviously you would normally store your solar-generated electricity so that you can use it at night as well, but the wind can probably be a backup or supplement to solar power - or vice versa, in very windy areas.

   

   By Anna on Nov 21, 2008