Wind is the latest in green trends promoting clean energy that’s good for the environment. You’re now part of a growing awareness that has recognized the advantage of products that both reduce your own CO2 emissions but also make smart economic sense while creating a positive impact within your community. More and more people are exploring, adapting and integrating into their own lifestyles alternative energy products.

Though generating your own energy is just a bump in the road to real cultural change, it’s a step in the right direction that you can physically see a benefit from. Research suggests that micro generation by homes could provide 20% to 30% of all produced electricity by the middle of the century. Wind turbines specifically like SolAir would form a large part of this.

You’ve taken the first step and we’re sure you have a lot of questions about generating your own energy, but getting started is surprisingly simple. Here is a step by step guide to help you get to know the basics.

Determine if Wind is Right For You?

Before investing in a Wind or Solar System you should decide if installing such a solution is the best option for you. The primary factors to consider are annual average wind and solar conditions in your local area. Though micro generation requires less wind and/or solar activity these still play an important role in “how much” energy you could generate and therefore “how soon” you could recap your investment.

You can research local wind speeds via the AWEA website. http://www.awea.org/faq/usresource.html . An additional great research tool is the NOAA website: www.noaa.gov

Get appropriate permission

Check with your local regulating officials for approval of the placement and/or use of any electricity generation equipment. A quick few calls might save you a substantial burden of obtaining permission in the future. Some contacts might include; Homeowner’s associations, building code enforcement agencies, the city, and the public utility company.

Obtaining permission in advance might involve people living in your immediate vicinity. They will be the first to experience your new installation and could be the first to approve or oppose them. An open and friendly approach will hope educate and smooth over any doubts about your installation – and you might inspire them to do the same.

You might be eligible to receive a Grant or Incentive from local, state or federal agencies.

Government has recognized the importance of Alternative Energy in our lives. This increasing awareness by government agencies to be more environmentally friendly, open the door for incentives for communities to generate their own energy. Some incentives are in Tax breaks, direct compensation, utility credits and general product purchase discounts. Each area is specific to the incentives and opportunities that exist. Contacting your local utility company is a great start.

Put energy back into your grid or use a standalone application?

A single small wind turbine or solar system has several general application purposes. The most common is for backup or specific device power. Multiple devices or larger PV applications could generate excess energy that could tie back into your grid system and possibly earn you utility credits or even cash back from your local utility provider.

Off-grid systems are simple and affective when charging a battery system or running a stand alone inverter that might be used to power lights and/or any portable electronic device. Grid-tie system get a little more complex and require professional grid-tie installation from your utility box. Each has a unique advantage and you should closely examine your goals now that you are generating your own energy.

Do you need expensive equipment?

There are many alternative energy manufacturers, suppliers and dealers to point you in the right direction. But the vast amount of information available might be overwhelming to start. Equipment is expensive and buying too much, too little or even the wrong equipment could be a costly mistake. Seek out actual referrals from users of alternative energy products similar to your desired application and results.

The AWEA, http://www.awea.org is a very useful tool in exploring equipment options, industry standards and in getting a start to your education on alternative energy products available.

While wind power only makes up about 1% of current world power generation, it is one of the fastest-growing methods to create power. Wind power requires very little maintenance after installation, can be scaled to meet individual or community needs, and creates no emissions or by-products.

Windmills have been in use for over two thousand years, but only in the last 150 years has man harnessed the wind to create electricity. Small wind turbines brought electrification to a large section of rural America. Today many countries rely on wind, solar and other renewable energy resources for a significant fraction of their energy needs.

Creating Electricity from the Wind
The rotational motion of turbine blades driven by the wind is converted to electricity using an generator. On horizontal-axis wind turbines such as SolAir, the generator is located at the top of the Frame in line with the rotating horizontal shaft. On vertical-axis wind turbines, the generator is located at the base of the structure in line with the rotating vertical shaft. The generator uses electromagnetic induction, magnets passing over copper coils, to generate electricity, which can either be used while being produced or stored for later use. The primary source of energy loss in this configuration is friction between the motor and its drive system, which may contain a gearbox. In order to reduce friction and increase efficiency, DyoCore has developed a gear-free, filler-free motor. This unique design reduces the stress and wear on the motor’s moving parts and allows the blades to move smoother and faster at lower wind speeds with less resistance.

Power Generation and Efficiency
Wind turbines are available in small sizes from a few watts for remote on-site electricity needs, up to giant MW generators with a blade diameter of 400 ft or more. The amount of power that can be generated by a wind turbine depends on a variety of factors including wind speed, rotor size and air density (which varies with altitude). Because wind is not a constant resource, wind power generation often contains a capacity factor, usually in the range of 20-40% of the theoretical maximum. The German physicist Albert Betz calculated "that a wind turbine can extract at most 59% of the energy that would otherwise flow through the turbine's cross section", assuming a perfect and frictionless system.

Storing Electricity from Wind Turbines
Wind, despite its benefits, does not provide a constant and continuous input for electricity generation. Because of this, power generated from wind turbines must either be used immediately either locally, within a grid-tie, or stored for later use using batteries. Batteries are used frequently in Small Wind/Solar applications to capture the energy, store and release that energy on demand. SolAir incorporates a Solar film designed into the Fin assembly mounting into the SolAir Frame. This allows constant charging capability during sunlight in no-wind or low-wind conditions and the opposite – no light but wind. The intermittent nature of both wind and solar make them an ideal partner in combination for the purpose of energy collection.

The current grid structure is quite outdated and built for a single direction flow of energy, from the resource to your home or office. That flow of energy is changing dramatically. Green technology is intermittent due to its source, wind, solar, hydro. These creates a demand for dynamic solutions to capture energy while still maintaining the energy flow in the right direction and accountability of new energy put into the grid. In addition to this added energy directional flow issue, demand is also growing greater and our current infrastructure is being stressed to its limits.

Another growing burden on energy management is the growing consumer demand for accountability. The current system provides no way of knowing your energy consumption until after you receive your bill. This is coupled with the expensive burden of replacing currently installed equipment that does not have reporting capability.

What’s needed now is a new concept in how we get and use energy. The US has allocated approximately $4 billion in economic-stimulus dollars on smart-grid initiatives, but this doesn’t mean a smart grid for every home. In California utilities alone are spending about $4.5 billion over the next few years on smart meter installations. This would indicate a cost of approximately $50 billion nationwide. This would require hundreds of billions more poured into conventional grid infrastructure to meet US growth over the next decade.

The solution is a dramatic change in how we manage energy form the source of draw, our homes. This change will take effect within the consumer market and not from the energy companies themselves. As consumers purchase off-grid generated energy they require smart equipment to tie them into their home and businesses. As these off-grid system become grid-tie solutions the technology plugged into the grid at the source will become the next generation of the Grid.

Smart grid-tie power management devices will provide information to consumers about their usage and help utility companies more effectively control energy flow without substantial costly infrastructure upgrades to the community. These devices will empower consumers with the ability to manage their internal energy consumption at each source by allocating power as needed. This is very similar to how a landscaping sprinkler system would work. During low energy days the power can be dialed back, during a vacation it can be turned off in particular areas or managed remotely via the web, during high demand hours efficiencies can be implemented just by being aware via simple easy to ready power consumption displayed data.

Just by being aware of your power consumption through these smart home display devices our energy usage will go down dramatically. This additionally will drive the overall price of energy and provide consumers with a very effective means of price management through demand. Very similar to fuel prices.

Smart power consumption devices will add another efficiency to our near future power consumption trends. Power devices will draw less or even no power when not in use. High power consumption devices such as air-conditioners will incorporate power management technology, small portable devices will power remotely from ambient power, it will become more common to see lights & water faucets automatically turn off, and most homes & businesses will plug directly into the alternative energy they produce.

Smart meters and grid-tie inverters are about $500 to several thousands. The solution for the future home will be a combination of these devices and smart appliances. Demand for these products in our near future should bring the costs down to about $200 or no more than a DVD player.

Around the world billions of dollars are being invested in “green” energy technologies, but how many of these technologies are really green? If your concept of “green” has a few presidents on them, then quite a bit of these projects are very green. Investment and government checks are being written faster than they ever were back in height the dot com craze. Does that mean this bubble will too eventually pop?

If we simply spend the same amount on education of green living habits we could reduce our carbon footprint and dependency on harmful energy by over 40%! The concepts are simple yet our consumption habits are not. We would have to radically change our living environments to make any significant impact on our environment such as turning off the TV, the video games, taking cold quick showers, no heat or air-conditioning, turning off the lights when you leave a room, really recycle, buy local, ride a bike to work and sell the car, plant a garden, install 30 solar panels, etc… Some might be practical in moderation, but most are completely unrealistic in our culture.

Companies cashing the billion dollar stimulus checks, promoting products & concepts that most likely won’t make it to market until 2020 if at all, would like you to believe we can create a green planet by building acres of wind and solar farms, tapping thermal energy from the planet, harvesting wind in the stratosphere or even free-unlimited energy from a parallel universe. But when the bubble pops these concepts will be what they really are – quick ways to make money for a few individuals. 1998 Business plans are being dusted off, re-written and being submitted for a quick buck. Not a lot of new anything has been put into them. Simply change the name with something “green” in the title, add a byline “saving the planet”, and the next millionaire is made.

What accountability has been placed on these companies? Did we learn much from the dot com crash? We’re pounding hard on GM, banks and other companies that requested stimulus dollars but have we put any similar expectations on “green” funded technologies? The buzz word green is truly green, but not the green they are promoting.

No corporation is going to sell you “green”. Green is a personal responsibility, not so much for the planet because I’m quite sure it will outlive us, as the next stage in our evolution. Green is tied directly to the quality of our social & environmental growth as a society. Ending wars, starvation, and providing every human with basic freedoms, education, and a quality of life is as simple as “green” gets.

SAN MARCOS, CA, June 5, 2009 – DyoCore Smart Solutions today announced the July availability of its SolAir wind/solar hybrid generator. Sporting a breakthrough design with a small blade-span of less than 52 inches and integrated solar fin to maximize directional flow and electrical output, the SolAir is the first hybrid alternative energy source designed for consumer residential, small business and local government markets.

Offering a radical departure in design from traditional wind generators, DyoCore’s SolAir can be stacked and strategically placed in a residential home environment as an alternative energy source. The unit incorporates the latest in thin film transistor solar panels, providing a continuous flow of energy, even with low-exposure to the sun. Furthermore, the company’s supplied DC/AC inverter actually recycles unused electricity back into the local grid, dramatically reducing consumer dependency on the nation’s power resources, while providing true money savings to environmentally-savvy home owners.

According to DyoCore’s co-founder and VP of Sales, Moe Green, the SolAir represents the first time anyone in the industry has addressed the high cost and low performance of single install wind and solar energy resources. “DyoCore’s dynamic and unique approach to this market sector provides a low cost, high performance and reliable building block solution. The average homeowner can start slow and build an entire home solution over time that strategically solves specific power needs and performance issues with our unique and cost-efficient solutions,” explained Mr. Green.

The on/off-grid, plug-n-play hydro hybrid requires simple installation by homeowners, features an appealing stackable design, and delivers a complete return on initial investment within two to five years. Unlike other wind and/or solar systems, the SolAir has the potential to convert up to 70% of wind power into electricity, double the current average, and can operate in as little as 2mph to >25mph.

According to David Raine, company co-founder and chief engineer, it’s all about developing cleaner and leaner technologies, thus improving the way products are designed, made, delivered, and used. “At the end of the product’s life cycle, even the materials the product is made of can be recycled. The goal is to provide greater consumer value, performance and choice as well as reduce environmental impacts. DyoCore’s product line meets this goal and will lower the cost of energy for the end consumer," explained Mr. Raine.

Available in two configurations, 300-watt and 800-watt versions, the SolAir I and II will be available in July 2009 at a suggested retail price of $4,800 for a complete system, including inverter system, high-performance rechargeable batteries and mounting brackets. In many states, the SolAir qualifies for local, state and federal tax credits of up to 80%.

About DyoCore Smart Solutions

DyoCore’s focus lies within the development and distribution of simple, low cost residential energy solutions based on hybrid wind and solar alternatives. The Company's technology objective is architected to make alternative energy resourcing simple, reliable, cost effective, and flexible for customers. A key aspect of DyoCore's vision is that its product line helps customers avoid the cost, hassle, and reliability issues of maintaining a large, high cost, high maintenance current market product.

DyoCore products present a dramatic change over traditional turbine designs. DyoCore turbines have been specifically tooled for low wind and the SolAir has been created specifically for both low wind and obstructed areas, ideal for the average
home roof. The company’s first two products, the SolAir I and Solair II will be available in July, 2009. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.dyocore.com.

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Contact: Moe Green
(347) 617-2140
moe@dyocore.com