Generating Electricity At Home

The increase in the prices of oil and the danger of global warming made the use of renewable energy sources essential in today's world. Many countries around the world are using renewable energy systems to produce cleaner and cheaper energy.

As we know that renewable energy sources are becoming more and more popular nowadays, one question comes to our minds. What can we do to generate our own electricity at home?

Generating energy is no longer as hard as you think because the rate of using natural energy sources is getting more and more common and the price of the equipment needed to set up these systems is decreasing. It is now possible to generate our own electricity with the help of solar panels and wind turbines.

The first step we should do to generate electricity is to decide what electricity generation system we will use. The two most common renewable energy systems used to produce electricity at home are solar electric systems and wind electric systems.

• Solar panels, also known as photovoltaic panels (PV), absorb sunlight and convert light energy into electricity through the photovoltaic effect.
• Small solar electric systems provide energy in places where electricity is expensive or cannot be sent through traditional electricity lines.
• This system is a reliable producer of electricity which reduces air pollution by eliminating the use of fossil fuels.

• A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind to electricity and it uses no fossil fuels.
• A small wind electric system is one of the cleanest forms of energy as it produces zero emissions..
• Wind electric systems are cost-effective renewable systems.