“Authors Dan Chiras, Mick Sagrillo, and Ian Woofenden have addressed the needs of people seeking a clearly written, comprehensive guide to the small-scale wind arena.” Backhome Magazine

“Read no further than Power From the Wind by prolific writer and sustainable living practitioner Dan Chiras, with contributions by Mick Sagrillo and Ian Woofenden.

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This book helps you assess your energy needs, your site’s wind energy potential, and sort out every aspect of the design, purchase and installation of a small-scale, or residential wind system. Amazingly, it does so without demanding that you be some technical tinkerer or electrical engineer. – John Ivanko, Sustainablog

“What can wind power do for the world’s energy problems? Power From The Wind discusses how people can use wind power to power their own homes on a small scale, reducing power consumption bills. Wind is cheap and renewable; to not harvest it for use is wasteful. Outlining how to get started harvesting wind power, author Dan Chiras answers many of the most commonly asked questions.

Faced with frequent power outages, skyrocketing energy costs, and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources, homeowners and businesses are beginning to explore ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon footprint and to achieve greater independence.

“Wind power is not the solution to our energy problems, but it can play a useful part. Clearly where you live is the most significant factor in how useful wind power energy will be to you. Some people are opposed to wind turbines on aesthetic grounds, personally I’ve always found them to be rather impressive in the right situation. Of course people will always argue what is the right situation, but this argument is true for any type of energy generation.

What is certain is that energy demand worldwide is increasing and we need to find a sustainable system of meeting them. I say system as there is no one form of energy production that will provide the solution to global energy demand, now or in the future as far as we can see. But we have to do something now and continue to refine renewable energy generation such as wind power as part of  a long term energy plan. ” Editor

What Can This Wind Power Guide Can Do For You

Power From the Wind is an easy-to-understand guide for individuals and businesses interested in installing small wind energy systems and includes information on the following:

• Ways to assess wind resources at your site
• Wind turbines, towers, inverters, and batteries
• Installation, maintenance, and costs

This book is designed to help readers make the smartest, most economical choices. Readers will gain the knowledge they need to make wise decisions during the design, purchase, and installation of small wind energy systems and to communicate effectively with wind system installers.

Dan Chiras is an internationally acclaimed author who has published over twenty-four books, including The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy. He is a certified wind site assessor and has installed several residential wind systems. Dan lives in a passive solar home in Evergreen, Colorado. Mick Sagrillo is the wind technology specialist for Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy. Ian Woofenden is a wind electricity editor, writer, workshop coordinator, instructor, and user in Washington’s San Juan Islands.

Power From the Wind belongs in any collection for the environmentally thoughtful.” – James. A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review

• Solar hot water and solar hot air systems
• Passive and active solar retrofits for heating and cooling
• Electricity from solar, wind, and microhydro
• Hydrogen, fuel cells, methane digesters, and biodiesel

Renewable Energy Can Reduce Your Ever Increasing Energy Bills

Energy bills have soared and it is difficult to see why they won’t continue to rise significantly in the future too. This can be a frightening thought for many of us and for some of us it will prompt us into finding ways to save energy, save money and help our planet

It doesn’t matter what your thoughts are on global warming are, the reality we all have to deal with is paying our bills. So if you can save save energy and money it makes sense to do so. The bonus is that it will reduce your carbon footprint which can’t be a bad thing whatever your beliefs.

Whether you are interested in implementing one or more of the various forms of solar power, wind power, hydro power or biomass energy this guide will be interest and helpful to you. These are interesting subjects for the times we live in and could be crucial for those of our children and grandchildren.

This well-illustrated and accessible guide is an essential resource for those wanting to enter the renewable energy field. Packed with practical tips and guidelines, it gives readers sufficient knowledge to hire and communicate effectively with contractors and is a must-read for anyone interested in saving money and achieving energy independence.

Dan Chiras is the author of twenty-nine books on residential renewable energy and green building and the director of The Evergreen Institute’s Center for Renewable Energy and Green Building, where he teaches workshops on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green building.