How Do You Find Solar & Wind Power Information?
With increasing interest in renewable energy resources, government, industry and schools are making vast amounts of information available to the public. Government and schools have many sites devoted to explaining the basics of solar and wind energy production. School and enthusiast sites include many experiments an interested person can try at home to grasp the concepts or to try small-scale versions of systems for possible home use. Government information sources often link to grant or loan programs to help citizens finance solar or wind energy systems. The U.S. government (as well as many other governments) offers information sites on many renewable energy topics. In particular, the EIS (Energy Information Site) takes the viewer through basic theory, advantages and disadvantages, and costs of solar and wind energy. The EIS sites also link to other government sites. Some of these will lead the user to information regarding grants, tax savings or loans for investment in renewable ener
