With today's rising energy costs and unstable world economy, you
will want to be in control of your own power for you and your
family. It is getting cheap. Cheaper, in fact, everyday
to set up your own "off the grid" or "grid-tied"
home power systems! Just look at the
tax credit page
to see how affordable the government is trying to make it for you.
Save your own electricity to battery or sell it to your old utility
company. Seriously. It is possible and we show you how.
Not only how but where to buy the high quality, cost efficient
sustainable, renewable energy producing equipment you will need.
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Hydroelectricity comes from the damming of
rivers and streams and utilizing the potential energy stored in the water. As
the water stored behind a dam is released at high pressure, its kinetic energy
is transferred onto turbine blades and used to generate electricity. This system
has enormous costs up front, but has relatively low maintenance costs and
provides power quite cheaply. In the United States approximately 180,000 MW of
hydroelectric power potential is available, and about a third of that is
currently being harnessed. Hydroelectricity currently provides less than
10% of the electricity in the USA. That number is way down from about 50%
several years ago.
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Expert-Eyes.Org: Studies on Hydroelectricity, dams, environment
Roy's Home Page featuring Human and environmental impact of
hydroelectric Projects in Canada and India, Resources Planning, Great Whale
Project, dam safety http://expert-eyes.org/
Comparative Study of
Home Hydro Electricity Projects in Canada and India
Apart from the loss of their island home, they lost trap lines
and fishing zones Hydroelectricity is often the cheapest of the available
alternatives.
http://expert-eyes.org/report.html
Energy Resources: Hydro-electric
The first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity was
Cragside House. In 1882 on the Fox river, in the USA, hydroelectricity
produced enough
home.clara.net/darvill/altenerg/hydro.htm
Generate Your Own Hydro Energy: SustainableStuff
Hydroelectric energy is potentially the most cost effective
form of
Home Hydro Electricity for the home. If you are fortunate enough to have
even a small
www.sustainablestuff.co.uk/GenerateYourOwnHydraEnergy.html
Here is a video from YouTube
about a couple in Ontario, Canada who live completely off the grid using
wind and solar power and a battery storage system. They also recycle
their water supply and drive a car that gets 70 miles to the gallon. A
great piece and worth a watch! Good information about "Home Hydro Electricity".
Whether
with solar panels,
small wind turbines,
biomass or
hydro-electricity generators,
it can be easier than you think to power your home yourself. Even selling
electricity back to the utility who has been selling it to you for all these
years.
Home Hydro Electricity.com
is dedicated to answering your questions and showing you how to buy what you
need to make it a reality!
Our
Home Hydro Electricity
Packages
Grid-Tie Solar Systems (GTS)
A valuable feature of grid-tie or
grid-connected photovoltaic systems is the ability to connect with the
existing power grid and sell excessive electricity back to the utility with
a plan known as Net Metering. At times when you are not using all
of the electricity produced by your system, your meter will spin backwards
selling the electricity back to the grid at retail rate. These systems do
not include a battery. Power is obtained from the utility grid when the
system is not producing electricity.
Grid-Tie Systems with
Battery Backup (GTB)
Grid-Tie Solar Electric Systems with Battery
Backup have all the features of the Grid-Tie Systems with the addition of a
Battery. The battery can store power for use when the system is not
producing electricity such as during the night or during blackouts.
That means you never have to buy electricity from the utility unless your
batteries are depleted.
Off-grid PV Systems (OGPV)
Also known as independent or stand alone
power, these systems are typically used to power remote homes and cabins. In
most cases, if the power lines are more than 1/3 of a mile away, a stand
alone renewable energy system can be cost-effective. Solar electric modules
charge a bank of batteries, an off-grid inverter converts the DC
battery current to standard 120/ 240
volt AC power and the home can be wired normally.
These systems can easily accept other battery charging sources such as wind
turbines, hydro electric turbines and AC generators. When 2 or more
charging sources are used, it's known as a hybrid power system. Our
most popular off-grid option is a solar and wind electric hybrid
system. This combination works together to even out the seasonal variations
of either power source alone.
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