{"id":9506,"date":"2008-12-25T15:19:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T21:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/25\/wind-powers-role-in-powering-the-future\/"},"modified":"2008-12-25T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T21:19:29","slug":"wind-powers-role-in-powering-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=9506","title":{"rendered":"Wind Power&#8217;s Role In Powering The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by David Sullivan<\/div>\n<p>As heating costs rise and fossil fuels dwindle the search is on to discover better ways for supplying our power needs. More individuals are choosing alternative energy sources that are free, readily available and produce zero emissions. <\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned with rising energy costs too, an excellent energy that you can implement yourself if wind energy. You can build your own turbines that will last for years and end up saving you a lot of money and worry.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to build wind turbine generators you need to consider your location, neighborhood, zoning laws and the amount of electrical power that you hope to generate. You need at least a acre of open land, or a tower higher than anything in the area so there is room for the blades to catch wind and turn. The higher the average wind speed in your area, the better your energy savings will be.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a good location with a good wind speed, these wind powered generators can make a big dent in your power bill. Some people have been able to build wind turbine machines that not only provide enough power for their home, but an entire farm and even create additional power.<\/p>\n<p>They can then earn money by selling the surplus energy to local power companies. This doesn&#8217;t require any special gear &#8211; you just need to be wired into the grid. Your energy meter will start spinning backwards as you feed power into the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Some people end up with only a turbine or two because of zoning restrictions or backyard size restrictions, but you can still manage to save a large amount of your power bill.<\/p>\n<p>Upwards of 50% of your energy bill can be saved by building a wind turbine that might only cost a $100-$200 to make. It can also be put up in a matter of a week or two, depending on how much time you want to put in. The components of a turbine are actually very basic, you just need to know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>A wind turbine requires very little maintenance, and you can mount one on a single pole located in your yard. It can help you decrease your power costs by a decent amount every month.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyathome.com\">Residential wind power<\/a> is becoming more important all the time. See how you can save money and the world by building your own! Check out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyathome.com\/wind-power\">wind power generators<\/a> by visiting our website at RenewableEnergyAtHome.Com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As heating costs rise and fossil fuels dwindle the search is on to discover better ways for supplying our power needs. More individuals are choosing alternative energy sources that are free, readily available and produce zero emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-9506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-technology","tag-computers-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}