Are you using a solar powered attic fan in your house? If not you may want to do a little bit of research. The heat that build up in an attic can be unbearable to walk around in, but it can also cost you a lot of money if you just let that air sit up there. Without proper attic ventilation, your attic will just radiate heat through the ceilings and floors of your home and drive the AC costs way up.

Another problem caused by improper ventilation can also occur in the winter time. When the snow fall on the roof, the warmth of the attic will cause it to melt and then heavy icicles begin to form on the gutters and edges of the home. They may seem pretty, but they can do a lot of damage. Also, any time of year, all of that moisture that builds up in the attic needs to be vented properly, or you will have mold and fungus problems, and even the plywood can become damaged over time.

What’s the best solution?

A solar powered attic ventilation fan.  These fans will not need any electrical wires going to it since it will be powered by the sun.  And on the hottest days when you need to vent that attic air the most, you will always have plenty of power to get the fan running and lowering the overall cost to keep your home cool and comfortable.

Benefits of a solar powered attic vent:

• Costs nothing to operate
• The motors are completely silent
• Very easy to install
• Some come with thermal switches, which turns the fan on when it’s over a certain temperature.

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Here is a really amazing video I found of a guy named Mike how is using solar and hydrogen power to provide enough power for his entire house and a few extra amenaties as well.  He never has to buy power again and a few years ago he stopped getting power from the electric company because he makes more power than he could ever use.  By having 56 solar panels on a roof and a whole system of using hydrogen power he is an inspiration to anyone wanting to go green.

He can get 10 Kilowatts of energy from his solar panels which gives him 160% more power than he needs.  But instead of putting that energy back into the power grid he uses it to create even more energy.

With the extra power produced he uses a device called an electrolyzer which converts water into hydrogen which can be used to power all kinds of things, including a car and a boat that he is currently worknig on.

This is a great example of what you can do with homemade solar power and a little intuition.  Now most of us cannot afford to buy 56 solar panels, but you can make your own at home with the instructions you will see in the links below.  I highly recommend you start making your own affordable solar panels and start using the power of the sun as soon as you can.

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When you think of solar power you may only think of solar panels that can convert the suns light into electricity, but there is a new surge in solar thermal energy that is very exciting.  This type of power uses the heat generated by the sun to turn water into super heated steam which in turn will turn a turbine which converts this into electricity for consumption.

How is this achieved?  Mirrors, and lots of them.  Bright Source Energy is the company that has spear headed a project in Israel and also in the Mojave desert and had a lot of success in proving to the world that solar thermal energy could produce as much power as a nuclear reactor.  At 900 Megawatts of power, this is a clean and renewable energy source that can keep working for years and years to come.

Each mirror is supposed to be able to be able to produce enough energy for a single home’s power needs, and new mirrors can be added all of the time.  These mirrors have little motors on them which allow them to track the sun and reflect the light onto a boiler full of water.  This water will be heated to 550 degrees Celcius or 1,000 degrees Farenheit giving the steam the ability to turn the huge turbines and pump out some serious power.

Check out this video about Bright Source Energy to see how the system works.  I think you will agree that solar thermal energy is an exciting new way to think about generating power, and it won’t be long before systems are developed where you can make your own solar thermal system at home.

Let me know what you think in the comment section below as well.

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