# Green Guides Went Build Your Own Small Wind Power System!!

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/11/green-guru-guides-went-build-your-own-small-wind-power-system/
- Published: 2011-11-09T14:17:53-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

## _**This one is totally written by the experts!!!**_

The next great [book](https://greenlivingguy.com/appearances/author/) for my Green
Guides series with McGraw-Hill Professional. For it is another hands-on [resource](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071761578/?tag=flatwave-20).
One that provides the technical information and easy-to-follow instructions. Especially
so you can harness the wind and generate clean, safe, and reliable energy for on-
site use.

### About

_Build Your Own Small Wind Power System_ shows you how to install a grid-connected
or off-grid residential-scale setup. Get tips for evaluating your site for wind 
power potential. Also obtaining permits and financing your project. That’s also 
selecting components and assembling and maintaining your system. In addition, pictures,
diagrams, charts, and graphs illustrate each step along the way. You’ll also find
out how you can help promote wind-friendly public policies locally. Save money and
reduce your carbon footprint with help from this practical guide.

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Build Your Own Small Wind Power System

#### **The Authors**

**Kevin Shea** founded and operates RE Power, Inc.  For it’s a small-scale biodiesel
manufacturing plant. He also designed and built the Long Island Green Dome. Most
noteworthy, its nation’s largest and first LEED-qualified, Energy Star residential
geodesic dome home. I mean it’s also made of renewable and reused material. Moreover
and equipped with a 10k solar array, a 1.9kw wind turbine. Finally and a geothermal
system.

**Brian Clark Howard** is an award-winning environmental journalist. That’s with
a decade of experience producing and managing top-notch content for websites. In
addition, magazines, books, newsletters, blogs and co-authored my book Green Lighting.
He spent three years as web editor for The Daily Green and five years as managing
editor of E/The Environmental Magazine (the U.S.’s oldest, largest independent environmental
magazine). Brian is the coauthor of four books on environmental topics, including
_our co-authored book Green Lighting_ and the one he did with Jay Egg from Egg Geothermal
called _Geothermal HVAC_.