With the global recession hitting us all quite hard, and with the cost of fossil fuels sky rocketing many people are looking for free energy home. Alternative renewable energy sources are creating more interest. Renewable energy is an energy source such as solar, wind, water, and geothermal power that keeps on replenishing itself. Once the technology has been financed the energy produced has zero cost, and there is no Carbon Dioxide based pollutants associated with the processes.

The sun is by far the most significant source of free energy home and can be utilized by either solar thermal collectors or photovoltaic technology.

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Solar thermal systems soak up the suns energy from, rays coming from the sun are turned into heat energy. The modern systems use old style hot water technology by forcing water through coils that absorb the heat energy, which makes no cost hot water. The solar absorbing technologies that are available for your free power depends on the requirements that you have determined will be a best fit for your house. Incuded in the various options are such things as unglazed panels and flat style water collectors.

Panels with no glazing is the norm for swimming pool heating. The heat requirements for this type of system are such that they can be easily acheived without seperating the the water pipes form the surrounding air. On the other hand the flat plate collecters differ substantially. This type heater is generally used to heat domestic water and needs the protection form single or double glazing, for the higher temperatures needed. The less common flat air plate and evacuated tube styles have more limited specialised uses beyongd the remit of thsi article. A number of periodicals are widley available that will give you advice on making solar panels like these.

There are a number of online guides, manuals and video courses avaiable at reasonable cost, with money back guarentee, that enable you to construct you own solar sytem.

Photovoltiac solar cells are the next type of collectors that can be used in your free energy home. The unique ability of the cell is that it is a semiconductor that facilitates the conversion of light into electric current. The rapidly growing market is backed by advances in technology These cells provide electricity and heat homes and businesses. If used on a sufficient scale and with a back up wind powered system, photovoltaic cells can give the homeowners freedom from fossil fuels.

As with all solar power there is a problem for the free energy home, as these cells cannot operate at night or when the sun does not shine. The technology that exists now does to account for this and therefore more research needs to be done to find ways of storing energy during the day so that we can use solar energy as a full energy source, so fossil fuels are not required at all and we can have a green, clean and free environment.

You can design and build a new free energy home or convert an existing home with equal ease. Use standard building materials and manuals means that you can build your own solar heating system. When looking for a new house, search out those using solar power systems. Find a house that has lots of windows in order to keep the sunshine in during winter.