Meaning to say, which would you mostly prefer?
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I’m in Florida so solar cells.
Wind turbines in a hurricane probably wouldn’t be a good idea!
Wind. It is much cheaper and easy to set up.
Solar has not really gotten to the point where the savings outweigh the cost of the equipment yet.
Ofcourse wind does not work in all areas, but it works where Im from.
Solar cells because there is always sun but it’s not always windy.
It would really depend on your geographical location, but all things equal solar solutions tend to have some advantages:
•There are no moving parts
•The system requires less monitoring
•The energy output is more predictable
•It makes no noise and is more conspicuous
•Less succeptable to lightning and wind damage
•Requires less space given that the panels can be installed on a roof
•No potential permit problems with local ordinances
There is a gentleman from Minnesota named John Russel that has implemented an interesting and inexpensive do it yourself method to generate power in your home (both solar and wind). You can find his story here:
http://tinyurl.com/os2co2
Both
Solar cells are good while the sun is shining, so no power at night and barely during cloudy days, this is where wind comes in, as long as enough wind is blowing you got power to recharge your batteries.
Wind turbines because they can generate power 24/7 vs solar cells which can only give you power when the sun is out.
If you are thinking of building a solar hot water system, the thermosiphon system is the best to build. It has no moving parts to wear out and requires no electricity.
Concentrated solar heating of MagMa
I would do both. And work very Hard to improve each system. It may come to pass it would be the only source of electrical power available.It gets real cold here in the northwest side of Lake Michigan