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2008 www.HomeMadeEnergy.org Table of Contents Table of Contents

3 Foreword

4 Small Tips for Big Changes

6 Solar Power Explained

8 Home-made Solar Generators C a Fact

13 How to Build a Portable Solar-Power System

14 How to Build a Grid-Tied Solar-Power System

16 How to Build a Grid-Tied System with Battery Backup

17 How to Build an Off-Grid Solar-Power System

18 On the Parts Necessary to the System

19 Solar Panels C How to Get Them for Free

25 Solar Panels C How to Build Them

26 On The Parts Necessary for Building the System

26 The Steps of the Project

29 How to Maintain a Home-made Solar Panel

36 Wind Power Explained

37 Wind Turbines C Why Buy a Wind Turbine

38 Wind Turbines C How to Build a Wind Turbine

40 On the Parts Necessary to the Wind Turbine

41 Dealing with Oil Reliance

50 Towards Completely Ecological Homes

52 On Ethanol

53 On Water Power

55 Perspectives

56 Afterword

59 Foreword Our heavy, perhaps even irrational, dependence on fossil fuel casts a shadow over the world in the Twenty-first century. Some see impending environmental problems of a global nature looming around the corner, but, that aside, no one can deny the very real impact our demand for fossil fuel has in human cost when people fight over these resources and are willing to kill and die in order to take possession of them. In pointing this out I do not mean to say things can C or even should C be changed by force or by pointing fingers at guilty parties. No, the right way forward, I believe, is to convince users around the world, both in the home as well as in the plants and factories, to put aside their sole reliance on fossil fuels, and switch to renewable energy. A switch that not only lessens pollution but also makes good financial sense in the long run. Governments and people in general work harder on solving their economic issues, and if this also benefits the environment then so much the better. And, of course, future generations will benefit both financially and in terms of resources and the environment if we learn to switch to alternative solutions for our energy needs. Oil prices are now sharply rising and the overall energy demand at a global level is anticipated to grow in the near future due to developing parts of the world reaching the same level of energy need as the already powerfully industrialized countries, as well as projected significant increases in world population. Although impossible to estimate our remaining fossil-energy resources, it seems wise to explore renewable energy as a solution for all the reasons thus far mentioned. This manual, then, has been written to provide some answers related to the most efficient ways we can save energy and, eventually, resources. It also suggests complementary solutions, solutions we can apply as simple users who don'

t have the power to change the face of the earth by a single gesture, but who can make a difference in our own homes and communities. You may be thinking that you do not have enough money to adopt some or all of the solutions in this book. Let me assure you that things need not be as expensive as you may now think. In this manual I will guide you to the best options for your circumstances. Although alternative-energy technologies were once only the province of affluent private investors, changing attitudes along with economic uncertainties have sped up the process of such materials breaching the market thus making them available to all. And that'