http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com Home Wind and Solar Energy Resources Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:58:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HAWT - Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine VAWT - Vertical Axis Wind Turbine The main advantage of the HAWT design is efficiency. Typically it's about 40% more efficient than the vertical type. Power is also smooth and fairly consistent. HAWTs last longer because there is less stress on the bearings. One ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/232/vawt-vs-hawt/ With the world’s ever-increasing demand of power being more than its supply, it is about time that we take concrete steps to save power. Apart from being conscious about the usage of power and water at home, one can employ pollution-free and cost-effective power solutions at our homes. Solar power ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/42/wind-power-solutions-at-home/ The world is gradually marching towards a severe energy crisis, what with an ever-increasing demand of energy overstepping its supply. We have always known that the energy we use everyday is not unlimited, yet we take it for granted. Oil, gas, power, even water has limited availability. Yet, we have ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/40/the-world%e2%80%99s-energy-crisis/ When the future of electricity is discussed, quite a number of thoughts come into mind. Let’s look at a few of such ideas. Electricity will be wireless! Wouldn’t it be delightful to see no wires in the house even with an uninterrupted supply of electricity? Will the future see wireless supply of ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/38/the-future-of-electricity/ With energy sources depleting at a rate faster than they are being built, it is only wise that we use the abundant energy available for free – the solar energy. Apart from the easy availability, solar energy helps control environmental pollution. Most of us shy away from installing solar power ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/36/solar-power-solutions-at-home/ We all learned about the renewable and non-renewable sources of energy in school. However, we never paid much attention to the rapid consumption of the non-renewable sources of energy until recently. The world is faced with severe energy crisis now and none of us remain unaffected anymore. Should we leave ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/34/how-to-save-power-at-home/ With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/32/renewable-energy-solutions/ If you have been bogged by the enormous electricity bills you have been getting, it is time to take some concrete steps. You can reduce your electricity bills by following very simple steps. This article will list some simple, easy-to-do things to reduce your electricity bill. Limited use: Start with the room ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/30/how-to-reduce-your-electricity-bill/ The shortage of power, the rapid consumption of non-renewable energy, the ever-increasing demand for power supply, the daily warnings about our environment are enough signs to tell us that it’s time we do something. So, what can we do? For starters, how about living off the grid? If I have ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/28/living-off-the-grid/ As the term suggests, bio-fuels are fuels that are formed when biological matter decomposes. The bio-fuels are mostly derived from plants. Bio-fuels exist in all the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Difference between bio-fuels and fossil fuels Bio-fuels are different from fossil fuels in the following ways: Fossil fuels take ... http://blog.renewable-energyonline.com/26/bio-fuels-are-they-good/