Solar and wind power generators are the best sources of renewable energy not only for industrial and commercial applications but also for our homes. Unfortunately, these are energy sources seldom considered as appropriate or suitable for the home.  Most people think that even though they could save in the long run, investing in solar panel or wind generators is just too expensive.  This is true, especially if you will buy your materials from manufacturers out to get every penny they could squeeze out of your pocket. However, there are systems that will let you build your own solar panels or windmills out of ordinary parts that could be found at your own home or could be bought at any local hardware store.  

Michael Harvey, a renewable energy enthusiasts and creator of Earth4Energy.com believes that you can save money every time the sun rises and every time the wind blows!  He has created a complete step-by-step kit that will help you, whether you are a first time builder or experienced enthusiast to setup your own renewable energy system. His plans and video series will guide you so you can start using your own backyard as an energy producing lot for a fraction of the price of other expensive systems. Michael Harvey's plans and videos cost $49.97 and can be downloaded as soon as payment is made.  

Bill Ford, founder of homemadeenergy.org offers two types of electricity generators: solar-based or wind-based.  The guide that comes with his system has specific instructions on what is best to build, depending on your geographical location and how big is your home. You can choose to build either one or you can build them both so you can generate even more electricity enough to let you off the power grid completely, saving you thousands of dollars in the process.  Increasing energy prices can never affect you once you have gotten off the grid.  Or if you choose to stay on grid, you can make the electric company pay you because the surplus electricity you produce will make the meter turn back. Bill Ford's step by step diagrams costs $47.00. 

The electric generating systems offered by these two firms all score high on saving hundreds of dollars in terms of building your own solar panels or wind generators and because of the dollars you will save as you will be paying less for your power needs.   

Both systems play on the current worldwide movement towards being green especially home and quite appropriately answer the public clamor for helping the environment and in supporting the future of the planet.  Bill and Harvey's plans both claim to be fun to build while being easy to follow and understand.  If you build enough solar panels or wind generators and put them together, both systems promise that you could go completely off the power grid and be self sufficient. You can then make the electric meter go the other way and the electric company will pay you for the surplus electricity you produce.