Solar Energy

Graphene is a game-changing material that is already having a pretty big influence in the solar cell and battery storage industries. The potential that this promises could not only lower …

Tesla and Solar City are have been doing exciting things over the past couple years. Tesla for both their introduction of the Powerwall off grid home battery system, the affordable Tesla Model …

This new battery from Aquion Energy runs on saltwater and can power your home for nearly 10 years (3000 days/nights). The best thing about it is it’s very environmentally-friendly. Not …

This flexible material turns any surface into a solar panel. It’s not often (ok it’s becoming more common) that a cool piece of technology comes out. You hear the words …

A small tiny house village for the homeless in Eugene, Oregon goes solar with portable solar systems. The Opportunity Village is a tiny house community for the homeless which helps …

Electric cars existed over 100 years ago. Yes! That’s right, there were electric cars over a century ago (which many people probably haven’t heard about). In addition, there was at least one …

New solar panels made with graphene are super efficient most light-absorbent material ever created. Imagine an indoor solar panel that could produce energy from indirect sunlight and could capture ambient …

Nevada raised taxes by 40% for off grid people using solar power. In addition, they cut the rates they pay people for their solar power sold back to the grid. …

Apparently some people think solar panels suck up and drain the sun’s energy and we’re all doomed because they also cause cancer and everyone will move away from town because …

In part 1 of How to Get off Grid From Here, we talked about sustainable heating. Now that my big electric-hungry system has been replaced with a sustainable, renewable source …