It looks like a micro-car. It rides like an electric-assist bike. The ELF (“electric, light, fun”) is a solar car-bike hybrid that will keep you out of the rain, or from breaking a sweat, and perhaps convince you to jettison your car for all those trips around town (and to get into shape while you’re […]
Using solar energy to generate heat is something that’s common and widespread among those who live an off-the-grid lifestyle. But what about using solar power to cool your room? Is that even possible? It actually is and it costs less than you can imagine, as you can make a solar air cooler form only $15. […]
Luckily for off-gridders, homesteaders or preppers, if your grid ever goes down, you can generate your own electricity. In this seven part video series, you’ll learn how to create your own solar back-up system to use when your grid collapses. The first part of the series examines your needs with regards to the size and […]
IBM Research and Swiss solar technology company Airlight Energy have released an amazing 10 meter high solar structure that resembles a sunflower, capable of producing electricity and water. The High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system concentrates the sun’s energy by up to 2,000 times, converting 80 percent of it into usable energy. The machines generate up to […]
Rod Read, an engineer and stay-at-home dad, lives on the remote Isle of Lewis in Scotland. For the past seven years, he’s been designing a kite that he thinks could revolutionize wind power. Read’s rotary kite turbine prototype is small, but he imagines a big future for kites – he’s created computer models of large […]
People’s perceptions and minimal use of solar power as their main source of electricity could now be positively changing, as prices have plummeted and are intending to stay low. Entering into a new era of clean energy production, the previous few months have brought us increasingly low prices for the renewable energy source, and it […]
A new home battery has been developed and released that runs off of salt water instead of acid, making for a sustainably created piece of technology that can charge your home for years. Conventional lead-acid batteries use two lead plates, submerged in a solution of sulfuric acid and water. The sulfuric acid is highly toxic […]
While the world has been going crazy, solar has quietly tipped over the edge and kicked oil and gas off the cliff of history. A new scientific review finds that scientists are dramatically underestimating the efficiency and power of solar panels, because their data is at least seven years old. And that’s why most of […]
Jason and Nicki Wynn are full-time RVers. Having abandoned the daily grind for a life of travel and adventure, the couple now shares their ups and downs and trials and tribulations on their blog, Gone with the Wynns. In this video, the Wynn’s talk about their solar system and how it’s used in their daily […]
Earlier in 2016, the Pakistani Parliament became the first in the world to become completely powered by solar energy. The panels installed in the house produce 80 MW of electricity, 62 MW of which are consumed by the National Assembly and 18 MW that are contributed to the national grid. The Parliamentary speaker, Ayaz Sadiq, announced the […]