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Courses, guides & tutorialsDec 7, 2013

Save Money on Gas/Electricity

Time for a selection of Christmas Gifts for our ON-Grid friends and family. Here’s how to help others save money on energy bills during these cold, dark winter ...

We work to pay – Hydro hike reaction
EnergyDec 2, 2013

We work to pay – Hydro hike reaction

There’s no shortage of reaction from Niagara residents to the news their hydro bills are beginning to skyrocket. the famous Niagara falls may be a pubic a...

Winter check your home
EnergyNov 28, 2013

Winter check your home

Its an indication of how worried we are about heating bills that one of the most popular viral videos shows someone claiming they can heat a small room in their...

Battery desulfator review part one
CommunitiesNov 20, 2013

Battery desulfator review part one

I have been researching ways to desulfate batteries, I am finding most people saying that it’s snake oil, that it can’t work… some that are sa...

Most solar panels are facing wrong direction
SolarNov 19, 2013

Most solar panels are facing wrong direction

Most solar panel installers follow conventional wisdom handed down from architects, which holds that in the northern hemisphere, windows and solar panels should...

If they can do it in Lahore, why not LA?
EnergyNov 18, 2013

If they can do it in Lahore, why not LA?

From DAWN Magazine, Lahore – On an average summer’s day when the rest of Lahore sullenly waits in the heat for the electricity to return, Shahid Razzaq’s ...

Reducing the Grid in your Home
EnergyNov 16, 2013

Reducing the Grid in your Home

Good discussion on moneysavingexpert.com – lets get into the same subject on our own technical forum please It started with someone called Bricken saying:...

NRG comes out against Utilities
EnergyNov 16, 2013

NRG comes out against Utilities

The Off-Grid message sometimes seems anti-corporate – a fightback against the big Utilities and their cronies in politics and the media. But big business also c...

UK National Grid “likely” to collapse this winter
EnergyNov 6, 2013

UK National Grid “likely” to collapse this winter

A top Utility executive has embarrassed the company that runs Britain’s power supply – by exposing the high risk of power cuts this winter. He says ...

Electricity for 8.5c/kwh
EnergyNov 4, 2013

Electricity for 8.5c/kwh

Macy’s of New York is the latest company to install a Bloom Energy fuel cell – which the energy company calls a “server” as it sounds fancier. Bloom Energy is b...

Underground home in Cumbria
CommunitiesNov 3, 2013

Underground home in Cumbria

From what I have read, the underground house is often considered the holy grail of off-grid living, it’s known to be warm in winter, cool in summer, makin...

USA Today showcases microgrids
EnergyNov 1, 2013

USA Today showcases microgrids

The United States is by far the world’s leader on microgrids. The nation now accounts for nearly two-thirds, or 62%, of global microgrid capacity that&#82...