Is your RURAL home ISOLATED from the electric line? Small renewable energy are only profitable off-grid, as they have small size, need accumulation and can not be simultanousely from different sources.Do you doubt to connect your FARM to the MAINS? The electric line is more cost competitive in kWh per variety in the mix of …
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How to save on Electric Batteries? (1) Solar Accumulators are expensive
Does your farm or your country house have problems with solar batteries? Did you ever had a blackout and stay in the dark? I will try to give some posts with practical solutions or trends. Electric storage batteries are expensive Isolated electrical systems based on the generation with small wind turbines or photovoltaic modules have a serious problem: the …
Renewable Energies are Rural, not Urban
Why renewable energies are not suitable for cities? Because cities do not give the optimal conditions for Weather or environmental phenomena that are the basis of renewable energies: spacious, sun and wind in abundance, availability of land or forest resources. Let us examine: Sol (photovoltaic and solar thermal) A solar installation needs a wide space on the roofs, …
3 questions about micro-hydro power
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You live in a rural area or you have a farm. Probably you’ve thought sometimes to settle a small water turbine to generate your own electricity. In this post you will have three previous questions you have to make about Height, Flow and Power. Look closely at the table below (courtesy of http://www.saltosdelpirineo.com/) the concepts …

