| Windmill and solar panel home energy systems | | | | systems to any unused power back to their |
| can be an excellent way for people to not only | | | | energy companies. In effect, these systems can |
| cut down on their energy expenditures but also | | | | greatly reduce or even eliminate a monthly |
| help with the "greening" of the economy. With | | | | energy bill. |
| global fossil fuel stocks bound to run out sooner | | | | In general, there are two different types of |
| or later (probably sooner, to tell the truth), | | | | windmill/solar power systems; grid-tied and |
| anything that can be done to shift power | | | | off-the-grid. In a grid-tied system, which is one |
| generation to clean energy technologies should be | | | | that's connected to the local power company grid, |
| undertaken with haste, it would seem. | | | | power can drawn from the company during times |
| Solar panel and windmill technology today is also | | | | when the grid-tied system isn't creating power on |
| extremely accessible to many people and it's | | | | its own. A system that's "off the grid, " is |
| becoming more affordable with each | | | | completely disconnected from the power |
| improvement in the technology, by the way. It's | | | | company. |
| also becoming more common, which also helps to | | | | Costs for windmill and solar panel home energy |
| push down acquisition costs for the equipment. | | | | systems vary, of course, by their complexity and |
| And what's even more attractive about it is that | | | | whether or not they'll be self-installed as a |
| it can be installed in most homes with relative | | | | do-it-yourself project or by a company that sells |
| ease. | | | | and services them. They can be a way to |
| Basically, these systems are forms of renewable | | | | generate sufficient amounts of energy to take a |
| energy and they bring the possibility of cost | | | | home completely off the energy company grid, |
| savings because the power sent to the home is | | | | though those systems should always have a |
| generated completely through wind and solar | | | | backup battery system. Other systems can work |
| energy capture. Additionally, most states allow | | | | with an energy company and are called "grid-tied" |
| those who have renewable energy generation | | | | systems. |