Can You Really Generate Your Own Electricity For Under $200... & Cut Your Power Bills By 50%?
Updated for August 2008
With the cost of electricity these days, I'm always trying to find ways to save money. I heard so much about solar and wind energy that I decided to do some quick research on my own. I found that even NASA research found wind energy to be environmentally friendly. In their own words, “Wind energy is green energy.”
Reducing bills by using solar and wind power is something that has been the forefront of many conversations lately but what is stopping us using this ideal energy source?
What is alternative energy?
Alternative energy simply means energy that is produced from sources other than our primary energy supply: fossil fuels. Alternative energy resources include biomass, hydropower, geothermal, solar, wind, ocean thermal, wave action, and tidal action. It is no less reliable than energy generated from more traditional sources and using it does not mean that you have to change your lifestyle or your appliances.
What types of alternative energy can we have at home?
Using alternative energy around the house can be as simple as using the sun for drying clothes or can mean taking advantage of more sophisticated renewable technologies, such as photovoltaic (PV) cell systems, which use the sun's heat and light to generate energy or wind turbines generate energy from the wind.
But the problem has always been finding the right solution for the right price. Up till now the best solution has been professionally built and installed wind turbines that can cost over $3,500.
The good news is that recently there has been an influx of budding engineers and renewable energy enthusiasts who have written some great step by step instructions that enable you to build your own low cost wind generator from scratch, with little or no technical knowledge.
Of all the guides our team reviewed over the last few months only two satisfied our reader’s criteria as follows-
clear and easy to read instructions;
significant long term savings;
low set up cost (under $200); and
speed of installation.
Overall we were pleasantly surprised with the results - the technology evidently does work, and if you pick the right guide, you could be up and running in less than a day.
Below you will find side-by-side comparisons and reviews of the top registry cleaners.
To read my review of the#1 product click here.
Earth4Energy, was by far the easiest-to-follow guide we came across - consisting of very detailed step by step instuctions to building and installing your own working wind turbine generator to provide electricity to your home - garage - shed - outbuilding.
The Earth4Energy guide is the only guide that assumes absolutely no technical knowledge what so everand has some very detailed diagrams that makes it extremely easy to folow - actually reminded me of my youth, playing with lego.
Impressively, my support tickets was responded to in under an hour (although it could take a little longer at weekends), and there is an unconditional 8 week guarantee.
Best of all, the technology required is readily available and cheap - we were able to access all the parts needed for around $200.
Overall a package that means you can enjoy ZERO or LOW cost electricity..
NOTE: The Earth4Energy ebook is always being updated as they test different techniques and the ebook is always growing. You can login at any time in the future and you will get instant access to all updates made to the Earth4Energy ebook.
The beauty of this digital book is that with your membership you can login at any time to check for updates to the book and there are no extra costs involved.
Past updates:
July - 30 - 08: More details to windmill construction (With diagrams).
July - 30 - 08: Choosing the correct DC motor explained.
July - 26 - 08: Added instructions to build your own solar panels.
July - 21 - 08: Added for information about solar panel care.
July - 19 - 08: Added extra diagrams to "build a windmill chapter".
July - 16 - 08: Added the picture of our $35 generator.
August 2008 Update: Earth4Energy is now running a promotion on the site, and it is temporarily available for $49 instead of $89.95 - as such, we recommend ordering sooner rather than later.
The material in the 'Make Natural Power' guide is sound and is everything that Earth4Energy is except we found it a little harder to understand. However, after reading the guide over twice we were able to implement the instructions.
'Earth4Energy' on the otherhand is actually a little easier to follow and even the most humble beginner would be able to understand what to do.
What Make Natural Power gives you are two sets of blueprints for a windmill and one for solar panels. Both sets of plans are very detailed, step-by-step instructions, that have helpful illustrations.
Home Made Energy system is simple and cheap to setup.
According to geographical location and kind of house, you will find detailed instructions on how to build two different types of electricity generators:
solar-based
wind-based
You can decide which one to build or build both to generate even more energy to be sold to the electricity company!
Home Made Energy is a good instruction manual and comes closer to the other 2 competitors (a solid 60 days full money back guarantee is provided too).
The main difference with the other two programs is that the price is a bit higher.
Our fourth pick uses the same technology as our top pick -the product actually includes 5 guides including solar panel installation, setting up a generator to run on biodiesel and building your own house, arguably worth the cost of the guide on their own.
Again, I was impressed by the money-back guarantee and low setup costs but the the support was lacking.
All in all, its a great package which means you can be enjoying massive electricity savings for very little. So why only three checks?
Well, perhaps we were spoiled by our top pick, but we found the directions a little to hard to follow - and since easy to fllow instructions is so important, we decided to knock off 2 checks.
I hope this review will help you to make the best choice when looking for renewable energy solutions. Our number one review is Earth4Energy which is temporarily on sale for $40 off the original price as such, we recommend ordering sooner rather than later.