www.bbc.co.uk 17 June 2011 A group of Serbian university students has created the world’s first public solar-powered mobile phone charger, installed in a town outside Belgrade. It led to the team winning a prestigious European Union prize for their efforts as the BBC’s Belgrade correspondent Mark Lowen reports.
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BBC News and Strawberry energy from Serbia
Posted by admin on August 26th, 2011
Bell Solar LED lamp K8 industridesign Off-Grid lantern www.k8.no
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2011
Bell is a multifunction solar LED lamp/charger for people living off the grid. A unique 4-in-one product for those who can’t afford to buy more than one product: tasklight, roomlight, flashlight and mobile charger. No extra packaging, it runs with 3x off the self NiMh AA batteries, 0,5 watt super-LED, splashproof, compact and userfriendly. K8 [...]
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No Comments »ANALYSIS OF A WIND TURBINE FROM HARBOR BREEZE CEILING FAN MOTOR
Posted by admin on December 30th, 2010
JUST SOME SPARE FOOTAGE DECIPHERING THE CLUES I GET FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS NEW ONE. AND BALANCING THE INFO WITH WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED BEFORE. I HAVE DONE SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND I HAVE THE RESULTS IN A NEW VIDEO COMING SOON. ITS ALL GOOD NEWS.MUDDy
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Posted by admin on December 4th, 2010
Questions from Readers: -read the Answers in the comments, or answer yourself! I live off grid and for the last 3 years we’ve been using a walmart brand smart charger for charging from the little honda 2000u generator when we needed it. I’ve gone through six of these pieces of crap. I’ve tried different brands [...]
Posted in DIY Green Energy FAQ Tags: 2, 20, 3 years, Al, all, Alternative, and, art, Bank, bat, battery, battery charger, be, CHARGE, charger, chargers, charging, co, comment, crap, E., ed, el, expensive, for, from, GE, gene, generator, go, google, grid, honda, hr, in, it, lf, Little, little honda, live, live off grid, Look, Now, NY, of, off, on, One, or, out, pi, Real, script type, self, smart charger, St, T., text javascript, the, to, up, US, WA, Walmart, Xantrex, your, YOURSELF No Comments »How can a solar panel work for me?
Posted by admin on September 28th, 2010
Questions from Readers: I really would like to have my own solar panel, but i don’t know how. Most of the panels i have looked at are for car batteries but i’m not sure how this would be able to be transfered into electricity. I’m looking to power things like lamps, a stereo and various [...]
Posted in DIY Green Energy FAQ Tags: Al, all, AM, amp, amps, and, av, bat, batteries, be, Car, car batteries, CHARGE, charger, chargers, City, co, do, Don, ed, el, elec, electric, electricity, for, from, GE, google, how, in, IP, ipod, ipods, is, it, lamps, lease, Look, MP, Mps, Now, of, on, One, ones, or, own, panel, panels, power, Real, script type, Sol, solar, Solar Panel, St, text javascript, the, thin, to, ty, US, use, work 1 Comment »Can I connect a solar panel charger to my car battery without interfering with the alternator?
Posted by admin on September 23rd, 2010
Questions from Readers: Would like to add a solar panel to help charge my car battery. Will this affect/hurt my alternator? Do I need to switch from alternator to solar. I was hoping to leave the panel attached to the car during operation. I’d like it as easy as possible.
Posted in DIY Green Energy FAQ Tags: Al, alternator, av, bat, battery, Car, car battery, CHARGE, charger, co, do, du, E., ed, el, from, GE, google, help, in, is, it, NATO, on, or, out, panel, pi, script type, Sol, solar, Solar Panel, St, text javascript, the, to, WA, will, with, without 2 Comments »RENEWABLE ENERGY – Home Made Energy
Posted by admin on September 3rd, 2010
DOWNLOAD NOW!: tinyurl.com RENEWABLE ENERGY – Home Made Energy To Smart Home Owners Who Are Sick Of Paying More And More For Electricity And Energy… “How Would You Like To UNPLUG Your House From Your Electrical Company, Knowing That You Are ’100% Powered By Nature’ With Renewable Energy?”…
Posted in Renewable Energy News Tags: .com, 1, 10, Al, Alternative, and, art, audit, battery, by, careers, cells, charger, City, clean, co, collector, commercial, companies, company, conference, conservation, do, ed, el, elec, electric, electrical, electricity, energies, energy, farms, film, for, from, generator, generators, go, green, heat, Heater, heaters, heating, home, HOME MADE, homes, Hot, house, how, in, it, jobs, light, lighting, lights, load, made, more, MP, Nature, new, News, non, Now, NY, of, or, outdoor, own, panel, panels, pay, photovoltaic, pool, power, powered, products, Projects, pump, pv, rebate, renewable, renewable energy, resources, save, saving, savings, solar, sources, sustainable, system, systems, thin, to, turbine, turbines, ty, UN, US, use, vertical, WA, Water, Win, wind, with, your 1 Comment »Solar Photovoltaic Renewable Electron Encapsulator (SPREE)
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2010
A DIY Compact, Durable, and Portable Solar Energy Generator. For under 0 you can construct a SPREE to harness clean carbon-free solar electricity to power your portable electronic devices. www.instructables.com Project: SPREE (Solar Photovoltaic Renewable Electron Encapsulator), is an experiment in alternative energy and solar generated electricty.The impetus for construction was the desire to have [...]
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How do I use a small solar panel to charge my 4AA battery pack for my remote blinds?
Questions from Readers: Read the Answers in the comments, or comment yourself! The blinds are so high and the batteries need to be replaced just about every six months. I would love to just put some sort of small solar panel to power the battery pack now. It uses 4 AA batteries. If I could [...]