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Windmill and solar panel home energy systems can be an excellent way for people to not only cut down on their energy expenditures but also help with the “greening” of the economy. With global fossil fuel stocks bound to run out sooner or later (probably sooner, to tell the truth), anything that can be done to shift power generation to clean energy technologies should be undertaken with haste, it would seem.

Solar panel and windmill technology today is also extremely accessible to many people and it’s becoming more affordable with each improvement in the technology, by the way. It’s also becoming more common, which also helps to push down acquisition costs for the equipment. And what’s even more attractive about it is that it can be installed in most homes with relative ease.

Basically, these systems are forms of renewable energy and they bring the possibility of cost savings because the power sent to the home is generated completely through wind and solar energy capture. Additionally, most states allow those who have renewable energy generation systems to any unused power back to their energy companies. In effect, these systems can greatly reduce or even eliminate a monthly energy bill.

In general, there are two different types of windmill/solar power systems; grid-tied and off-the-grid. In a grid-tied system, which is one that’s connected to the local power company grid, power can drawn from the company during times when the grid-tied system isn’t creating power on its own. A system that’s “off the grid, ” is completely disconnected from the power company.

Costs for windmill and solar panel home energy systems vary, of course, by their complexity and whether or not they’ll be self-installed as a do-it-yourself project or by a company that sells and services them. They can be a way to generate sufficient amounts of energy to take a home completely off the energy company grid, though those systems should always have a backup battery system. Other systems can work with an energy company and are called “grid-tied” systems.

Source by Gary Ashby