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Where can I go to find the rightinfo on installing solar or wind where I live? State / federal tax credits?

I live on a farm in northwest Indiana. I want to lower my energy bill and putting solar panels or windmills. Indiana has a program to help me walk through this, and where can I go for information?

Let me start by saying we (my family and I) live completely, 100% "off network and are completely self sufficient "The house is built utilizing natures natural elements, in the form of an octagon with bow doors, 8 feet wide at every wall to catch every angle of wind (typical 4 sided homes have half the chance as one with 8 sides. A circle is the most efficient design). Wood stoves solar chimney, solar AC, solar heating, solar water heating (pool and home), solar cooking, solar energy, wind power, driven by backup hydrogen generator, hydrogen back up water heater, hydrogen stove, 2 hydrogen powered trucks, 1 EV (vehicle electric) and satellite Internet. There are no utility lines, no water lines, roads, tv, cell service, etc. on our ranch. Everything needed is produced here. All electricity comes from 27 solar panels, 2 wind gens and a back hydrogen generator if needed (typically we can last 9 days with all the luxuries of time without sun, no wind, it has not happened yet). The water is captured and stored from the rain. Hot water is made with solar water heaters with a lot hydrogen on demand for hot water as backup. Even our vehicles use alternative energy (2 hydrogen trucks, 1 electric vehicle EV converted). Because of this we have no bills, no debt and no mortgage. The fallowing steps were taking directly from a DIY guide I offer to those who want to run solar home safely, reducing their monthly bills, or even selling power the electric companies. The entire guide is Water available at www-com moon. Its quite simple, but if you have any problem please contact me directly I can walk you threw the process. Materials needed a sheet of copper flashing from the hardware store. This usually costs about $ 5.00 per square foot. We will have over half a square foot. Clamp two tracks. A sensitive micro ammeter – you can read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes. Radio Shack sells small LCD multimeters to do, but uses a small gauge surplus with a needle. An electric stove. My stove is gas, so I bought a small burner electric hotplate for about $ 25. The small 700 watt burners probably will not work – mine is 1100 watts, so the burner gets red hot. A large clear plastic bottle off which you can cut the top. I used a 2 liter bottle of spring water. A large mouth glass jar will also work. Table salt. I want a couple of tablespoons of salt. Tap water. Sand paper or a wire brush on an electric drill. Sheet metal shears for cutting sheet copper. The first step is to cut a piece of copper foil is about the size of the burner on the stove. Wash your hands so that they have no oil or grease on them. Then wash the copper sheet with soap or cleanser oil or fat for the same. Use the sandpaper or wire brush to thoroughly clean the copper sheeting, so that any sulphide or other light corrosion is removed. Then, Place the cleaned and dried copper sheet on the burner and turn the burner to its highest value. As the copper starts to heat up, you will see beautiful oxidation patterns begin to form. Oranges, purples, reds and copper cover. As the copper is heated, the colors are replaced with a black coating of cupric oxide. Not is the oxide we want, but later fall away, showing the reds, oranges, pinks, purples and copper oxide layer underneath. The last traces of color disappear as the burner starts hot. When the burner is bright red-hot copper plate is covered with a black cupric oxide coat. Simmer for half an hour, so the black coating is thick. This is important because a thick flake well, while a thin coat will stay stuck to the copper. After half hour of cooking, turn off the burner. Leave the hot copper on the burner to cool slowly. If it cools too quickly, the black oxide will stay glued to copper. As the copper cools, it contracts. The black cupric oxide also shrinks. But to reduce a different pace, which makes the copper oxide black flake off. The black flakes pop off the copper with enough force to blow a few inches. This means a little more cleaning effort around the stove, but it's fun to watch. When the copper has cooled to room temperature (this takes about 20 minutes), most of the black oxide will be gone. A wash of light with hands under running water will remove most of the small pieces. Resist the temptation to remove all the black spots by scrubbing or flexing hard soft copper. This could damage the delicate red cuprous oxide layer we need to make to the work of the solar cell. Cut another sheet of copper the same size as the first. Fold the pieces carefully, so that it fits into the plastic bottle or jar without touching. The copper oxide coating that was up in the background is generally the best face to face outwards in the jar, because it has the smoothest, cleanest surface. Place the two clip leads, one to the new copper plate, and one to the plate copper oxide coated. Connect the cable from the clean copper plate to the positive terminal of the meters. Connect the cable from the copper oxide plate to the terminal negative of the meter. Now mix a couple tablespoons of salt into some hot water. Stir in salt water until salt dissolves. Then carefully pour the saltwater into the jar, being careful not to get the clip leads wet. The saltwater should not completely cover the plates – you should leave about an inch of plate above the water, so you can move around the solar cell without the clip leads wet. now place in the sun with the top magnefied. The solar cell is a battery, even in darkness, and usually show a few microamps of current. It is that simple. If you'd more detailed process and some photos (ouldn't put here) is available along with some other alternative energy projects DIY water-com www moon I hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you want assistance in making their own first steps enough, I'm willing to walk step by step threw the process. I've written several practical guides DIY water available at www-luna com on the subject. Also offer online and field workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment. Dan Martin alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% alternative and author of How A simple but incredibly powerful resource is transforming the lives of regular people all over the world … Instantly increase their revenue and reducing its debt, while saving the environment through FREE ENERGY … All with one click of a mouse … For more information: www AGUA-LUNA com Stop Global Warming!

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