Rating: ★★★★☆

Pages: 94

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The DIY Energy Guide, a new 94 page ebook, will take you through all aspects of green energy. And when I say green energy, we’re not talking plain theory. Instead the book guides you through the various topics in a highly practical manner teaching you how to build your own wind turbine, how to reduce your household energy use, creating your own biodiesel and so on.

As a result it is one of the most complete guides available when it comes to reducing your reliance on fossil fuels and instead saving money and the planet by utilizing free and low cost methods to harness renewable energy.

There were two sections that I particularly enjoyed personally. The first of these was how to create your own solar panels. As you are no doubt aware, while solar panels are capable of producing large amounts of green energy, they suffer from typically being very expensive to install. Estimates put the time to recoup your investment at 10+ years from buying them. With many solar panels costing literally thousands of dollars this is understandable but for many people is a stumbling block.

After all, even the most environmentally aware of us might wince at paying $10,000 or more for a complete solar panel installation for our homes. So I was very pleased to see instructions in this guide that will enable you to create your own for less than $200. This of course is not only a substantial saving but should also help solar panels to become more widespread as a result.

The instructions given are clear, with advice on what materials you will need and how to source them, together with detailed diagrams on exactly how to construct your panels and utilize the energy they produce.

The second section discussed using a combination of wind turbines and solar panels to fulfill your every need at home and how all the various elements – from the turbines to the batteries and more – should all be wired together for best effectiveness. This “complete overview” is often missing from other books and makes this one even more valuable in my eyes.

In short, if you are keen to make your own solar panels then this is the best book on the topic that I have read and is a great read in itself.

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