General posts
Why rent power when you can own it?
So I’m chatting with some friends who have just bought their first home. They’re relaying to me how nice it is to finally be in their own home instead of renting their home, and being at the mercy of the landlord, with the humiliating inspections and constant rent increases. So he says to me, “so [...]
JUST ADD SUN!!
It’s that simple. JUST ADD SUN!!
I love renewable energy. I love making it. I love using it. My home office is actually off the grid and 100% powered by renewable energy. My solar camping trailer powers my office when we’re not camping.
Our home has a 1.05Kw grid connected solar panel system on the [...]
My first time with a solar panel!
Ah yes, I can remember it well. It was a bright sunny day. I looked deep into my solar panel’s cells, looked up at the sun, and knew something magical was going to happen here.
All the ingredients were bought together. I was on the cusp of making energy!! I built a small box, [...]
Make renewable energy the better option
Noone can tell me that using our Solar system’s largest energy source and sustainer of all life (the sun), to create energy, is a bad idea. There’s no valid argument out there against using this energy source to create clean renewable energy.
There’s something so pure, so simple, almost spiritual and something so organic about harvesting [...]
The green power plant that’s also a sports stadium!
Is it a sports stadium? Is it a power plant? It’s both! Welcome to the new age of clean and renewable energy power plants that can also be sports stadiums.
Taiwan’s new World Games stadium is just about built and incorporates over 8,800 solar panels on the roof that can generate 1.14 gigawatt hours [...]
Why I’m HOT for renewable energy!!
A few days ago I was working in my front garden, and a neighbor walks by with his dog. He stops and chats, asking questions about the 1.05Kw solar panel installation on the roof. He was asking me why I preferred renewable energy over traditional energy, from coal power stations.
My initial thought response was [...]
Simple way to save energy and $$ using your kettle
Ok, so I was talking to my Dad about how much energy our kettle uses, and how over the course of a year this would amount to a fair bit of energy and $$$.
We have an energy monitor that shows our house’s energy usage, and when you put the kettle on, the wattage goes [...]
The Kyoto Box solar cooker
Here’s a perfect example of using the environment to create energy. I found this video on youtube. It’s the Kyoto Box Solar Cooker. So simple, yet solves so many problems. Could the answers to our environmental problems be so simple? Yes, I believe nature provides us with all the energy we need, to power our [...]
ENVIRONMETAL activists shut down a coal digger at an Australian power station
ENVIRONMETAL activists have shut down a coal digger at an Australian power station that provides eight per cent of the country’s coal-reliant electricity market, to protest against government climate policies.
Greenpeace said today’s dawn protest by around 14 activists at the Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria was the latest part of an ongoing campaign to reduce [...]
300w wind turbine
Here’s our 300w wind turbine. It’s surprising how fast it will spin in such light winds. You just need the right type of wind and wind direction, and this thing goes ballastic. It cost $300.00 off ebay so it’s a cheapie, but a good introduction to wind turbines.
I’ve learned a lot about just watching [...]
