There are advantages to both forms of energy and there is no reason they cannot be used together. Many manufacturers of these products would like you to think you need to make a choice between solar and wind power, but nothing could be further from the truth. A well-rounded renewable energy program at home should seriously entertain how both can be integrated to meet your personal power production goals.
When you begin assessing your home's potential for going off grid, the first thing to do is look at how much energy there is to harvest. That is, how much wind is available at the location you intend to put the turbine up and likewise, how much solar radiation is available where you might place a solar collector.Your analysis of solar and wind power options should be objective and be done simultaneously. It is likely that you will be able to benefit at least to some degree from both forms of energy.It need not take that long, but you should take data on both potential sources of energy before you begin. With the potential wind turbine kit project, you will need an anemometer to collect data at the places you may want to install the device.
With the solar collector you can work with existing data that describes days of sunlight in your town or zipcode. Then, you need to make sure you aren't thinking about locating your solar collector in a place with shading (which would of course severely reduce any savings you might achieve).When you have assembled all the baseline information, you can then consider the relative strength of both solar and wind power for your particular property.
In conclusion, it is very likely that you will be able to take advantage of both solar and wind power at your house. To do that though, requires some analysis to make sure you are optimizing your opportunity in both cases. It is possible, by the way, to buy devices that combine solar and wind power in one unit. They are cheaper than if you buy them separately and they strike a balance that clearly shines a light on the path forward for all of us - cooperation between the various sectors of the renewable energy market.
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