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How To Avoid An Energy Disaster! Solar, Biomass, Wind, Combined
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Wood is such a good fuel
Solar panels and green stuff
Local heat & power is better
What's wrong with the grid?
Nukes, fracking & windmills
How to save energy
Conspiracies, lies & profit
My attempts at furnaces
Methane drove me bonkers!
Development of my gasifiers
My big-flame burners
My heating system
My collection of windmills
Batteries & inverters
My heat-pump ideas
My energy storage
My 2,000 willows project
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These websites may also be of interest (click on Web addresses):-
See more information about wood as a fuel here:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-7M8G28
See more information about solar (PV) panels here:
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generating-energy/Choosing-a-renewable-technology/Solar-panels-PV
See more information about solar (thermal) panels here:
http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/guides/how-to-buy-solar-panels/solar-water-heating-explained/
See more information about micro combined heat-and-power here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_combined_heat_and_power
See more information about problems with the power-grid here:
http://www.off-grid.net/2010/04/11/60-of-power-is-lost-in-the-grid-exclusive/
See more information about problems with the nuclear power here:
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/nuclear/problems
See more information about the dangers of fracking here:
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/
Yet more information about the dangers of fracking here:
http://www.nrdc.org/energy/gasdrilling/
Yet another of the thousands of websites warning us of the dangers of fracking here:
http://www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/our-programs/fracking/whats-wrong-with-fracking-2/
See more information about the problems with windmills here:
http://www.aweo.org/problemwithwind.html
See more information about energy efficiency here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient_energy_use
A really interesting way to heat your house for FREE here:
http://mb-soft.com/public3/globalzc.html
See more suggestions about possible conspiracies here:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_f___071201_the_conspiracy_again.htm
See more information about self-build DIY furnaces here:
http://theselfsufficientliving.com/12-homemade-wood-burning-stoves-and-heaters/
See more information about solar furnaces here:
http://diy-alternative-energy.com/what-is-a-solar-furnace/
So much on the Web about methane, try starting from here:
http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/methane_generator.html
Have a look at the interesting methane video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7H3CTvClSk
More methane ideas here:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/methane-gas-energy-generator-zmaz75mazgoe.aspx
Yet more methane ideas here:
http://thepublicschool.org/node/3871
Lots of biogas ideas and links here:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/BioFuel/biofuels.htm
Gasifiers are a lot of fun and a real solution to energy needs, see here:
http://buildagasifier.com/
Lots of interesting gasifier links here:
http://www.gekgasifier.com/people/gek-users/diy-gek-power-and-play
Various ideas and gasifier news here:
http://www.woodgasifier.org/
Some useful stoker-burner information here:
http://www.evergreenenergy.ie/hack35_130.htm
Some stoker-burner discussion here:
http://blog.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/2013/04/10-things-your-installer-wont-tell-you-before-you-purchase-a-biomass-boiler/
Some stoker-burner information here:
http://www.afabinfo.com/uk_ltd/about_wood_chip_combustion.php
Some useful windmill ideas here:
http://www.mdpub.com/Wind_Turbine/
Another home-build windmill here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-1000-watt-wind-turbine/
Lots of windmill reference information here:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm
More windmill guidance here:
http://windturbineshome.net/
Some useful battery information here:
http://www.solar-wind.co.uk/deep-cycle-dryfit-batteries-battery-uk.html
Explanation of off-grid inverters here:
http://www.photonicuniverse.com/en/how-to-choose/ac-inverter/
Change-over switch/panel ideas here:
http://www.reuk.co.uk/Switch-from-Inverter-to-Mains-Automatically.htm
Some ground-source heat-pumps information here:
http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/guides/ground-source-heat-pumps-explained/
Some air-source heat-pumps information here:
http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/guides/air-source-heat-pumps-explained/
Some information about the physics of heat-pumps here:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/heatpump.html
Some forward-thinking heat storage information here:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-use-solar-energy-at-night/
More about storing heat here:
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generating-energy/Choosing-a-renewable-technology/Thermal-stores
Another clever heat storing concept here:
http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/100
Some information about the use and storing of wood-chips here:
http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=75,18515&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Some coppice-willow information here:
http://www.coppice.co.uk/woodland-types/willow/willow-cultivation/
Some more coppice-willow information here:
http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=75,18112&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
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