Mother nature provides us with countless ways to produce our electricity. The tricky part is harnessing it. Learn how to install solar panels and wind turbines to generate all the electricity you’ll ever need.  Also, check out our energy efficient 110v LED light bulbs.

DIY Wind Power Tutorials:

• GotWind.org is probably your best bet. It’s loaded with useful information to guide you.
• Another fantastic resource to help you is wind power generation.
• To start small, start out with some science fair level projects.
• Ready to move on? Try a dirt simple turbine.
• After that, move up and build your own backyard turbine.
• Canada even published a lengthy article on how to build a turbine.

  

DIY Solar Power Tutorials:

• Build it Solar has plenty of great information to help get you started.
• Before you build, be sure to ask yourself some of these important questions.
• Next, check out this detailed tutorial for an example of the steps you’ll be taking.
• For a far more simple project, learn to generate free heat using pop cans and plexiglass.

If you’re craving even more info, see our DIY Free Electricity section. Need solar panels? We’ve got dirt cheap prices at the HacknMod store. Join the thousands of satisfied DIYers today!

More DIY Free Energy Tutorials:

• How to DIY Solar Panel Installation
• Free Electricity? Yep – Build your own Wind Turbine
• Next Gen Wind Energy you have Never Seen
• Put Wind Powered Wifi on your Roof

Finally you can rest your green conscience by building your own wind powered generator. This DIY wind turbine is easy to build especially since the authors show you how with step-by-step instructions. The wind turbine is unsophisticated in design but efficient as it produces about 84 Watts with 30mph winds. It won’t eliminate your entire electricity bill, but it’ll help you start your journey into the alternative energy movement.  Check out our DIY Free Energy tutorials and more details below.

Most of the parts needed to assemble the make-at-home wind turbine can be salvaged making the total build pretty cheap. The author’s website at Velacreations.com guides you through the nitty-gritty of putting the contraption together.  So go ahead, give this windmill a whirl. Reduce your electric bill and your carbon footprint in one go.

By simply wrapping a flexible solar panel around standard rechargeable batteries (cheap on ebay) you can create your own solar powered batteries (literally). Simply set them by a window and you’re now creating DIY Green energy to power your electronics.

• Buy Solar Panels and Batteries in our store

“The efficiency would not be that great of course, but having a bunch of batteries lying in the sun for some days could not hurt anyone.” See more of our solar power projects.

“With the first batteries will tricle charge over time, which is not that good for the batteries. A second version, with some electronics and capacitors, could increase charge voltage and reduce charging time while maintaining battery health.” – Be sure to subscribe to HacknMod and receive hacks via RSS feed.

BEAM robot motors, solar panels, LEDs, and other parts can be purchased in our store.

• Learn all about BEAM bots
• Find kits and other resources
• See all our robotics projects

Solar concentrators are essentially just like parabolic satellite dishes lined with mirrors.  Regardless of where the sun hits the disc, it’s reflected into a center focal point, generating abundant amounts of power.  You can pick up hundreds of tiny mirror tiles on eBay for just a few bucks.  So basically, it’s like this power plant in Australia, except in your backyard:

There are two versions of the project.  One is the massive 7 foot dish above and the other involves four mini dishes (like the ones sides of houses).  Both projects have plenty of excellent information but if you longing for more, view our vast amounts of DIY Green Energy projects:

• How to: Harness Solar and Wind Energy
• Go Green this Winter with DIY Free Heating
• Construct your own 60 Watt Solar Panel

• You can pick up all the solar panels you’ll ever need in the HacknMod Store (along with any other DIY project supplies you need).
• Learn how to construct a professional, durable 60 watt solar panel.
• Don’t miss our on HacknMod’s vast collection of DIY Free Energy projects.