Generating Electricity With The Energy Ball V200
For those who have thought about whether you could have an effective alternative and renewable energy source, rather than regularly relying on the utility and paying exorbitant rates for electricity, then the Energy Ball v200 could be the answer. An aerodynamic and artistic design offers any homeowner the chance to harness the vast strength of the wind and convert it into electricity in their home.
The Energy Ball v200 is the stronger cousin of the v100 and can create up to 2,500 watts of power and requires only 6.7 miles per hour of wind to operate and start producing power. If you are not familiar with the levels of wind in your location, this is a mild breeze and most regions of the world see at least this much wind on any given day.
The oblong shape and unique design of the Energy Ball v200′s rotating blades capitalize on the wind not just in one dimension, like most windmills and wind turbines, but as it passes through, creating more rotation and thus more energy. The purpose of these blades to create more electrical power with less wind.
During our age of volatile energy prices and battles in Congress over the building of nuclear power plants, offshore oil drilling, producing ethanol from corn, and other topics of future energy sources, renewable energy is still the ideal situation for homeowners. By making your own electricity with the use of wind power, or even solar power, you can almost eliminate your dependence on the power from the electric companies.
The Energy Ball v200 will regularly make electrical power, regardless of what the weather is doing, just so long as a breeze is blowing. Of course, for most individuals, this won’t reduce your reliance completely on external power, but it will get you a long way to cutting down on your next bill. By assisting your power consumption with the Energy Ball v200, you also open up power for other parts of the region, or even reduce the need for the power company to manufacture it.
The Energy Ball turbine doesn’t look anything like a piece of machinery, so that it can be located just about anywhere in your property that has a fair source of wind. Of course, you don’t want to place it near the side of the house or under massive trees. The best idea is to place this unit in the open where the wind can reach it from any direction.
The turbine rotates just like a regular windmill or wind turbine so that wherever the wind is arriving from, it will rotate the unit to face the wind and thus capture as much as possible. By producing as much as 2,500 watts of power, this can power any number of electrical devices in the home, including computer systems, refrigerators, air conditioning units, and much more.
Most of these devices will be incorporated into the power input of the home so that when you require more electricity, you still receive from the main power company.
Craig Axelrod is VP of Business Development for Emmy Energy, a New York solar power system business delivering solar heating tubes solar electricity systems & clean products throughout the North East.
