Portable Solar Chargers

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Are you using portable solar chargers to power your portable devices? Now there are quite handy portable chargers are available to charge small devices such as mobile phones and iPods. There are much powerful portable solar chargers will be available soon in the market. They will be able to charge much larger devices such as Laptop Computers.

These solar chargers are typically useful for regular travellers and adventure travellers who are always on the road.

Have a look at this charger.

The price is still a bit high for these solar powered chargers. I am sure it will go down when more and more products are coming to the market.

Posted in Solar Power | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Solar Powered Cars

Last month there was a 2000 miles car race in Australia. The difference is all cars were powered only by solar energy. The cars powered only by electrical energy generated by photovoltaic solar cells averaged up to 500 miles a day.

If you are not a hard-core solar power user then this is not big news for you. However, it does have a strong message behind it. That is the improvement of solar power usage.

About ten years ago solar power usage was very limited. Now the entire world is investigating more ways of using solar power in many areas.

If you are still not using solar power at home then now is the time to start and save your energy bills.

Posted in Solar Power | Tagged | Leave a comment

What are Renewable Energy Solutions?

Do you know there are many renewable solutions available if you want to use? With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to those energy solutions that can keep churning energy without exhausting the resources. Three types of energy solutions fall into the category of renewable energy solutions: solar energy solutions, hydro energy solutions, and wind energy solutions.

Solar energy solutions: The sun’s energy is the most abundant energy available on earth. Make use of this free energy. You can employ solar power solutions at home. This will not only cut down power bills but also help you contribute to a greener world. Solar power solutions comprise of solar cookers, solar heating systems, solar lighting systems, solar dryers etc.

The sun has always been a source of heat energy and light energy. With the advancement of technology, the sun’s energy can be used to create other forms of energy.

The solar energy systems have many advantages apart from being cost-effective and environment-friendly. They are low on maintenance thus saving your time and effort. Also, solar systems give you a return on investment very soon, thus making the systems free after some time. Cooking with solar energy is also considered extremely healthy. Families have started employing solar energy as a power solution at their homes.

Hydro energy solutions: The hydro energy or water energy is an effective renewable energy. One can convert the hydro energy into electrical energy to run vehicles and various electrical appliances. Hydro energy is typically generated on a large scale. It has been estimated that 90 percent of the electrical energy produced by renewable resources is produced solely by hydro power. Dams are built to help generate electricity by tapping the water power.

There have been some concerns about using this energy because it is supposed to adversely affect the water-borne flora and fauna.

Wind energy solutions: People have been using Windmills for thousands of years. They helped tow boats and pump water. Eventually, post-industrialization, they became a source for generating electricity.

Windmills and wind turbines have never been passé. Wind energy can help generate tonnes of megawatts of electricity. When employed at individual estates, it can help do away with conventional power sources. An excellent renewable source of energy, the wind energy will go a long way in promising a good future to generations to come.

 

Posted in Renewable energy | Tagged | Leave a comment

Homemade solar panel

Are you investigating on how to make solar panels at home? Many people are using homemade solar panels all over the world. But you must know how to make them and more importantly how to make them correctly.

There are few websites that are providing useful information on how to make solar panels at home. However, if you need to learn step-by-step then you may want to buy a homemade solar panel DIY guide. Below are our top pics for DIY solar panel guides.

Earth4Energy

GreenDIYenergy

Home Made Energy

The Features of these guide are -

  • Full and detailed instructions given which can be easily understood by a layman or the unskilled for building a home made solar panel.
  • Other details on how to obtain the components available in the neighbourhood material store for preparing the home made solar system.
  • Few Tips on how to construct the alternative energy generators that is not readily available anywhere else.
  • One time investment – and life long updates to the manual and video series, at no additional cost.
  • Full cash back if you are not saving hundreds of dollars per month on your energy bill after using the system for eight months.
  • Detailed instructions explained by videos

Think about it! Here you are with a home made solar system, generating power that will be stored in deep cell batteries for future consumption. And all of this costs just pennies on the dollar! The above DIY instructional manual and videos are easy to understand so that even a beginner will be able to understand.

Posted in Solar Power | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

How to reduce your electricity bill

Most of us are complaining about high electricity bills. But taking few simple steps can make a huge difference in your electricity bill. If you have been bogged by the enormous electricity bills you have been getting, it is time to take some concrete steps.

Here are few simple, but highly effective easy-to-do things to reduce your electricity bill.

Start with the room you are sitting in. If you were to take a call in another room or join your family at the dining table, would you just step out of your room without any concern for the electrical appliances in the room? If you would, stop right there, and look around. Switch off all the appliances even if you would be back in five minutes. Yes, even that will help. Every bit constitutes to the electricity bill.

Another thing to take care of here is what you perceive as an electronic appliance. Would you switch off the television set, turn off the fan, but not the light bulb? Yes, you need light, but not now when you are leaving the room. Taking care of these small things will go a long way in reducing the dreaded huge electricity bills.

Make some smart power investments by replacing your incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. These bulbs are a great power-saving investment.

Buy the Power Save gadget. The gadget helps monitor the power supply to your house and uses the minimum that is needed.

Most of us complain that the electricity bill touches the sky because of the number of electrical appliances they have at home. However, the electricity bill is not directly proportional to the number of gadgets you use but the way you use them. Let’s see how you can avoid the typical power-wasters.

• Use the washing machine only when there is a full load of clothes.
• Keep the geyser on for the minimal amount of time.
• Keep the air-conditioner at the minimum low or high temperature, just enough to keep you off the heat or the cold outside.
• Switch off the computer monitor even when you take a one-minute break. It takes just a second to switch on the monitor again!

Yeah, you have to stick to this way of life for saving power at home and for the world.

The above steps will definitely help you to reduce your electricity bills.
More and more people are changing the source of their electricity to alternative energy solutions such as solar or wind power. If your electricity bills are very high then you better consider these options. If your budget is limited then invest on this DIY guide  and learn how to generate electricity at home.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

How to Use Solar Power?

Most of you know what solar power is. But do you know how to use solar power at home or at work?

Solar power can be used in our everyday lives in various ways. Following are just a fraction of it:

• Solar cooking system: Solar cooking is about cooking without lighting a fire or using electricity! Before you wonder, let me tell you that solar cooking is not about bland food. You can cook in more ways than one – boil, roast, or bake, cook the way you want! The only demand that solar cooking makes of you is being patient; it is a matter of more than a few minutes. However, it is not asking for too much given that you will get tasteful and healthy food without worrying about paying your gas or electricity bill.

• Solar lighting system: You can now light up the entire house, use every electrical appliance without thinking about cutting down bills. The solar lighting system lights up your house even in the nights, thanks to the power storage feature it has.

• Solar heating system: You can keep your house cozy and warm using the solar heating system without worrying about costs.

Solar panels can store energy. Every solar power system comes with this feature. Therefore you do not have to worry about when to use solar power.

Posted in Solar Power | Tagged , , | Leave a comment