Measuring Flow for Hydropower Site
To see if a micro hydropower system would work for you, you will want to determine the amount of power that you can obtain from the flowing water on your site.
Knowledge Base
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Budget Net Meter
Net metering (or net energy metering, NEM) allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated.
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Generator Installation
Explore how to use battery-stored backup power, solar power, wind power, and fuel cells during an emergency.
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Determining Generator Voltage
Depending upon the type, all alternative power generators convert a renewable energy source, such as wind, moving water, biomass, or sunlight into mechanical energy or electricity.
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Measuring Wind
An anemometer looks like a weather vane, but instead of measuring which direction the wind is blowing with pointers, it has four cups so that it can more accurately measure wind speed.
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Safely Wire for Electricity
The sun, wind, tides and waves cannot be controlled to provide directly either continuous dispatchable power to meet base-load demand, or peak-load power when it is needed, so how can other, dispatchable sources be operated so as to complement them?
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Size and Angle Roof for Solar Panels
There are many factors that affect the performance of your solar energy system, including how sunny it is where you live, which way your house faces, and even the pitch of your roof.
