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If you’re thinking about the possibility of wind generators for home use, you need to make sure you properly assess your situation. Residential wind power generation isn’t something you should just jump into without fully knowing what it is you’re buying, and without deciding exactly what it is you need for your specific situation. With a little bit of research and common sense, you will be able to determine whether or not residential wind generation would be a suitable option for you, and if it is, then which type of wind turbines would be your best fit.

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Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:17:00 -0700 Untitled http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/28779372 http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/28779372

Growth should not hamper our harmony with our surroundings. http://bit.ly/dgYHUz

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Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:47:00 -0700 Home Wind Generators, the preferred choice for energy http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/home-wind-generators-the-preferred-choice-for http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/home-wind-generators-the-preferred-choice-for

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The present day energy scenario is quite misbalanced. Moreover, the energy today is very expensive too. This is so because the fossil fuels which are required to make the energy are being exhausted very quickly and their consumption is increasing by every passing minute. Also, due to constant overuse of these natural resources of energy, the situation has further gone from bad to worse.

In such a scenario, there is an urgent need to replace the natural sources of energy with the new sources which can guarantee a permanent supply of energy. People have been looking for new sources of energy to meet their energy consumption limits without depending much on these natural resources. Out of the many new options that have opened up, wind generator s for home use are an inexpensive and easy to set-up means of energy.

There are countless benefits of using the wind generators for home use. Needles to say, a home based wind generator is an environment friendly source of generating energy at home since they do not require fossil fuels to produce energy.

Home based wind generators are dependent on the wind energy and therefore, it being a renewable source of energy, they are readily being accepted as the preferred choice amongst people. In the larger context, they do not pollute the atmosphere and create any type of pollution.

With the trend of home wind generators fast catching up, it has come up as an easy to use, easy to set up and inexpensive way to supplement your energy requirements at home. Moreover, the use of home wind generators will also bring down your daily electricity consumption to less than half. With the wind generators for home use, you will no longer have to depend on the power supply. The power cuts and zero electricity back-ups can’t halt your work now!

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Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:46:00 -0700 Advantages of Home Wind Generators http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/advantages-of-home-wind-generators http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/advantages-of-home-wind-generators

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In the present world energy is quite expensive. This is because the fossil fuels required to produce energy are rapidly being consumed. Due to over exploitation of the resources the situation is worsening. People are searching for new ways to create energy so as to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. One new method that has come forth is home wind generator.

The home wind generators are of immense benefit. First of all they are environment friendly because they do not rely on fossil fuels to produce energy. Also since wind is a renewable resource, home wind generators are being readily accepted. As they do not pollute or in any way hamper our surroundings, the concept of home wind generators is spreading like wild fire all over the globe.

The home wind generators work as an excellent means to supplement your energy use at home. They can work as back up in case of power failures and cut offs. Not just this, they can bring down your daily electricity consumption to a very low level and thus can save you from high electricity bills.

Wind generators can be built up at home easily. The material necessary for its construction is easily available from various hardware stores. Also its construction does not require any special expertise. The knowledge or the guidelines regarding the making up of a home wind generator can be searched from internet.

Making up your own home wind generator is a smart investment since no additional expenditure is required except for that necessary in its construction. Moreover it also does not have any high maintenance cost.

One more advantage of the home wind generator is that it can be built up to provide energy in rural and far off distant areas too. With so many benefits backing it, home wind generators are sure to become a trend.

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Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:43:44 -0700 NIST finishes smart grid security guidelines http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/nist-finishes-smart-grid-security-guidelines http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/nist-finishes-smart-grid-security-guidelines Another step towards modernizing our electric infrastructure.

via Wind Power Digest on 9/9/10

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its initial set of smart grid cyber security guidelines. Issued as NIST’s Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security (NISTIR7628), the document includes high-level security requirements, a framework for assessing risks, an evaluation of privacy issues in personal residences, and other information for organizations to use to protect the modernizing power grid from attacks, malicious code, cascading errors, and other threats.

The table lists and describes adversaries to information systems.

It is the product of two formal public reviews and the focus of numerous workshops and teleconferences over the past 17 months. The three-volume set of guidelines (577 pages) is intended to facilitate organization-specific smart grid cyber security strategies focused on prevention, detection, response, and recovery.

“As we modernize the nation’s electric infrastructure to make it smarter, more efficient, and more capable, we need to make it more secure from end to end,” says U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. “These new cyber security guidelines will help government and industry meet this important responsibility.”

“The development of common smart grid standards is a national priority, and these cyber security guidelines are an important step toward that goal,” says U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “If we are to truly modernize our electrical grid, we must have electricity producers, distributors, and consumers all speaking the same language and all working together to make our grid more secure. Cyber security is an integral part of the grid.”

The new report was prepared by the Cyber Security Working Group (CSWG) of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, a public-private partnership launched by NIST with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the Department of Energy. The guidelines are the second major output of NIST-coordinated efforts to identify and develop standards needed to convert the nation’s aging electric grid into an advanced, digital infrastructure with two-way capabilities for communicating information, controlling equipment, and distributing energy.

Access Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security (NISTIR 7628) here: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsNISTIRs.html#NIST-IR-7628

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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:14:42 -0700 US House Passes US $1B Wind R&D Bill http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/us-house-passes-us-1b-wind-randd-bill http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/us-house-passes-us-1b-wind-randd-bill Another $1B blowing in the wind.


The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2009, a bill that would a program to improve the efficiency, reliability and cost effectiveness of domestic wind energy systems. The bill (H.R. 3165) was sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY 21) and passed with bipartisan support in a voice vote.

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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:10:56 -0700 Community Energy Congratulates Wind Energy Leaders! http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/community-energy-congratulates-wind-energy-le http://homewindenergy.posterous.com/community-energy-congratulates-wind-energy-le If you drink beer, support the green efforts of this brewery!100% wind powered!

via New Wind Energy Blog on 9/16/09

Recently, the Community Energy Team gathered with Citizen’s for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) in Philadelphia to celebrate commitments to wind energy.  Each customer listed below received a Green Power Award from PennFuture for their important leadership and purchase of wind-generated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs):

• Yards Brewing Company of Philadelphia, for becoming the first 100 percent wind powered brewery in Pennsylvania and for continued commitment to sustainability.

• SAP of Newtown Square (Delaware County), for purchasing 19,165 megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy to meet 100 percent of all electricity needs and for achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Platinum status at corporate headquarters in Newtown Square.

• BurstNET Technologies, Inc. of Scranton (Lackawanna County) for purchasing 5,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy to become one of the first data centers to be 100 percent powered by green energy.

• Innovation Printing Inc. of Philadelphia, for purchasing 1,956 megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy to meet 100 percent of all electricity needs.

• Allegheny Power of Greensburg (Westmoreland County), for the voluntary Renewable Energy Program open to all residential, commercial and industrial customers, to support the development of clean, renewable wind power.

In addition to our customers being recognized, Community Energy co-founders, Brent Alderfer and Eric Blank also received an award for their continued efforts to grow the wind and solar power marketplace in Pennsylvania!

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