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Yahoo Groups

14 Mar 08 | General

Several months ago, I was messing around on Yahoo! and found that there were several groups relating to solar energy, wind energy and so on. These groups post messages and exchange e-mails on ideas, questions, projects and the like. For someone who is just getting interested in solar energy, or someone looking to “Do it themselves” they are an excellent way to learn from people who are doing though open information sharing.

The Yahoo! groups that I belong to are:

  1. awea-wind-home. American Wind Energy Association, a great place to learn about wind power from the pros
  2. axialflux. This group is dedicated to making small axial flux wind turbines and using them. Good if you want to learn how to make your own well designed wind mill
  3. Biodiesel. Self explanatory
  4. microhydro. For those interested in small hydro electric generation projects
  5. homeenergysolutions. A good resource for renewable energy around the house, plus great ways to save energy by making conventional systems more efficient.
  6. SolarHeat. Solar thermal people talk about their heating projects.

There where also numerous PV groups, but I didn’t join any because it seemed like they were discussing old news.
One caveat, not everything that is published there is correct or the best was to do things. I have found that there are a few people that are attempting to sell snake oil. There are also a few well meaning people who don’t know what they are talking about. Generally speaking, however, the majority of contributors do know what they are talking about and are a valuable resource for somebody who want to do it themselves.

14 Mar 08 | General
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