While you can save a lot of electricity, simply by installing solar energy in your home, the first place to start saving is by cutting down on how much energy you are using wastefully.

A savings plan is needed, as solar energy installations can be expensive. Once installed, you will start to appreciate how your power consumption is less.

If you can cut back on your basic power usage, then you can cover all your energy needs by installing a smaller system. This will make your solar return on in...
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Local innovations in electric and solar vehicles are set to spur adoption in South Africa.

Electric vehicles and, more specifically, solar-powered electric vehicles, are still something the average South African considers an impossibility, says Carel Snyman, an energy specialist and consultant.

Snyman exhibited the South African National Energy Research Institute's (Saneri's) solar powered electric utility vehicle at the Renewable Energy Expo last week, which formed part of the four-day So...

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Local innovations in electric and solar vehicles are set to spur adoption. SA mulls electric travel.

Electric vehicles and, more specifically, solar-powered electric vehicles, are still something the average South African considers an impossibility, says Carel Snyman, an energy specialist and consultant.

Snyman exhibited the South African National Energy Research Institute's (Saneri's) solar powered electric utility vehicle at the Renewable Energy Expo last week, which formed part of the four-...
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Solar power works well for most items, except large electric appliances that use an electric heat element such as a water heater, clothes dryer and electric stove, for example, or total electric home heating systems. It is not cost effective to use solar power for these items.

Conversion to natural gas, propane or other alternatives is usually recommended. Solar power can be used to operate a gas clothes dryer (Maytag, etc) because the electrical requirement is limited to the drum-motor and/o...
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Have you seen how people are using magnets to create free electricity? Well, they are!
 
Learning how to make free electricity, by using magnets, has been a challenge to many scientists. It is part of the quest to produce a perpetual motion generator. Many trials have been performed, but very few have resulted in a realistic magnetic motor design, that can generate electricity to power a house.
 
To build a magnet motor, you must understand the power of magnetic fields around the magnets. The att...
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While you can save a lot of money by installing solar energy in your home, the first place to start saving, is by cutting down on how much energy you actually use.

This is because solar energy installations can be rather expensive. If you can cut back on your basic power usage, then you can cover all your energy needs by instaling a smaller system. This will make your solar return on investment much greater.

So what are the quickest ways to use less power at home? A few simple steps can reduce...
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There are many ways in which you can receive cheap gas and electricity for homes or businesses and a number of methods specifically related to how to lower home energy or electricity bills, by using less gas and electricity from your supplier.

A more popular choice for finding cheap gas and electricity services is through the use of online comparison services, which will compare the many different gas and electricity companies in the market today.

These companies also have the ability to not on...
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