RE General Discussion

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Vertical Axis, or "Egg Beater" windmills--anyone? ANYone??

heard an awful lot of hype out there about vawt's.  anyone here actually OWN one (other than you, Jay Leno)?  or ...
J. Chris Cloud 1

Windmill - Wind Generator

I am restoring an old windmill.  I have had several people tell me that I should make it a wind generator.  I have sea...
Josh P. 1

pump&panel combo

I have everything worked out for a solar hot water system but I'm looking to purchase (or at least price) a complete turn k...
John Russell 1

CORN-BASED ETHANOL, THE CLEAN ENERGY MYTH

Corn-based Ethanol is bad for the environment and costs us more per gallon than gasoline.  Manufacturing corn-based ethanol als...
Tom Kramer 1

Brilliant minds

You may have heard this question before. Do brilliant minds think alike or, do they think for themselves? http://ww...
Thomas Allen Schmidt 1

Solar install classes in the Midwest?

I feel like I'm getting close to the edge of learning on my own, with regards to installing a solar power system safely. My...
James Johnson 1

Matrix Solar

Does anyone have contact information for getting Matrix Solar/PHOTOwatt to honor their product warranty?  I have contacted thei...
Eric Berzon 1

Charge controller for sell back system

Does anyone make a charge controller for a high voltage (310 to 360 VDC) sell back system?  My wife is going to be very unh...
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Bulbs

I am looking to change my 120 volt motion detector flood lights to 12 volts (These are outdoor flood lights. can anyone reco...
Rene M 1

high mass heating system

im remodeling my house and have the opportunity to add a sand high mass floor as described by bob ramlow in his book solar water...
Christopher Schober 1

12 volt system

Hi I'm wondering is there any real benefit of having a battery bank larger than a 12 volt system. With the MPPT controllers...
Charles Harte 1

Large Wind Turbine News

At the Alternative Energy Store we deal mostly with small wind projects, but in the news last week were two stories that caught ...
Chris Brown 1

DC wind energy....AM I CRAZEY???

I am looking at building a wind turbine generator using manufactured turbine and blades mounted on a belt driven system of autom...
Chris Ivers 1

Charging batteries

Hello, I recently went live with my system and have a battery question. My system consists of 12 BPSX3200 modules wired 3 st...
Timothy Karl 1

"Earn big money installing RE." ?!

Are you a renewable energies worker? Do you feel like your not getting payed a fair amount? Are you an employer of RE wo...
Thomas Allen Schmidt 1

Re: Alternative Energy Business

Would like to ask the advice of all here. Am in search of ideas on what would be a good Alternative Energy Business to ...
Steve Colwell 1

Am I really being Net Metered?

Perhaps I'm just being paranoid, but how do I know that the power I am sending back through my utility meter is actually offsett...
Chris_H 1

Code compliant PV systems

If you would like to know more about the National Electrical Code or NEC concerning Article 690 Photovoltaics, here is a great s...
Thomas Allen Schmidt 1

anybody with a windmill near Denton TX?

hi, we're interested in having our own windmill.  we live near Denton, Texas on several acres.  it is always windy her...
JRios 1

Can someone help me?

I am doing a proect on wind power and was delighted to find this site. But I am having trouble inding some products powered by w...
Anne 1

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