{"id":16391,"date":"2014-04-14T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16391"},"modified":"2014-04-14T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:19:38","slug":"how-to-build-a-wind-turbine-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-to-build-a-wind-turbine-30\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Wind Turbine for $30"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Renewable energy = high upfront costs… right? Yes, if you’re paying someone else to put your system together for you. Now, that seems like kind of a no-brainer for most of us: I certainly don’t feel like I know enough to build my own solar panel array or wind turbine. But folks like\u00a0Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology<\/a>, and Daniel Connell, who created the Solarflower<\/a>, think that an awful lot of us can build relatively sophisticated technology on our own… if we have the right instructions, and if the materials and tools required are easily available. Both of these men have committed themselves to creating, and then sharing, technology appropriate for sustainable development in the world’s poorest regions… but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t also try it out in your back yard.<\/p>\n