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Solar and Wind Energy Pays Off for Grid-Tied Homeowners (September 2005)

    From Vermont to California homeowners are plugging in to a hot new idea - reduce or eliminate their electric bills by using free energy from the sun and wind. In a straight- talking new book, Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home, authors Rex Ewing and Doug Pratt tell other grid-connected homeowners how to capture alternative energy and put it to use in their home.
    Renewable energy is going mainstream, thanks to affordable new technologies with rebates and incentives from many states. Today more and more homeowners believe that installing a home RE system is the economically attractive and environmentally responsible thing to do. Whether they install a solar/wind system to benefit their checkbooks or to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, they also enjoy the added independence of a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
    Author Doug Pratt says, "In the past ten years the cost of solar power has dropped 50 percent, bringing this personally-empowering technology into easy reach of most homeowners. Within the next 10-15 years we'll reach a point where building a house without solar power will be like building one without insulation."
    The book covers battery back-up versus non-battery grid-tied systems, as well as equipment needed, installation considerations, legal and safety issues, incentives/rebates, and permits and paperwork. An extensive appendix of resources, state energy offices, system sizing worksheets, and much more turns this 160 page book filled with over 120 photos and illustrations into a must-have book for anyone interested in exploring their power options. Got Sun? Go Solar (ISBN 09658098-7-0, 160 pages, paperback) by Rex Ewing and Doug Pratt is available at www.PixyJackPress.com and at bookstores for $18.95.

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