Solar and Wind Energy Demystified. By Rex A. Ewing. Is renewable energy for you? This is the book to answer that question. At long last renewable energy is demystified and explained in plain English by someone who lives off-the-grid and loves it. The Practical Handbook of Renewable Energy entertains by Cat of the Wind; Dog of the Sun... a primer disguised as a fable. Then, you will be enlightened by page after page of pratical hands-on information including grid-intertie and off grid systems, solar photovoltaic modules, wind turbines, micro-hydro power, batteries and other balance of system components, solar hot water, home heating systems, water pumping, and sizing your system.

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           Have you ever dreamed of living in a handcrafted log home, in the heart of nature, and being independent from the power company? In this 300+ page book, the authors, Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing, take you through every facet of handcrafting your own log home and then bringing it to life with power from the sun and the wind. With a minimum of equipment and outside labor, the Ewings built their own log home from the ground up and installed a renewable energy system that supplies all the electricity they need to live and work comfortably, far from the nearest power line. Drawing on their own experiences, and those of others in the Colorado Rockies, they show you-- simply and enjoyably with words, photographs and diagrams-- just how attainable off-the-grid, log home living can be. 

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