Conventional, Alternative and Other Interesting Ways To Produce Portable and Backup Power
This is another guest article from the authors of EnergyInformative.org Since the market of solar power has exploded the last decade or so, the market for selling DIY guides and eBooks has taken root. They usually offer to teach you how to generate your own free electricity by sourcing components yourself for a few hundred bucks (if you buy their guide of course). Are these DIY guides actually holding their promises or is it all just a scam? Let’s dig [...] Read more »
This article is a contribution from the good folks over at EnergyInformative.org. Solar and wind energy will rapidly increase over the coming years all over the globe. Unfortunately our grid is not suited towards these two renewable energy sources. The first reason for this is that, as with the weather forecast, both of them are highly unpredictable. Calculating wind and sun exposure into the future is incredibly hard and we seldom get accurate results. This simply won’t cut it for [...] Read more »
This article is a contributed piece by the authors of Sustainable Suburbia The rising cost of fossil fuels is inevitably leading to a greater interest in renewable energy sources the world over. While there are many ways energy can be produced, only a few are practical and economically viable for home use. Heading the list is, of course, solar power. But the use of wind power and geothermal power are also on the rise, although their viability for widespread use [...] Read more »
As it turns out, the quest for a trash-powered hovercraft much like the time traveling DeLorian in Back to the Future Part 2 (which I happen to think is one my favorite sci-fi movies of all time) has become an inch closer to reality with the invention of a clever contraption that can turn paper waste into electricity. This is courtesy of electronics giant Sony Corp. which recently announced their invention and has shown how it works. Referred to as [...] Read more »
The idea of being on your own and energy independent appeals to a lot of people these days. Social and economic upheavals we’ve seen in recent years are making this look like a very attractive option now, too. Living off the grid sounds great, and for those who manage to pull it off it certainly has plenty of benefits, but are you ready to get started doing this yourself? Let’s take a look at one of the most important aspects [...] Read more »