
Energy
Power Sources

What is off-grid?
Being off-grid means something different to everyone. To me it simply means not being tethered to the services one normally expects of society. Steve Spence and...

Energy Alternatives
For a clear headed guide to alternative energy sources in a cold (UK) climate, visit Off the Grid. Written by David Allender, who bought a remote house ten year...

Don’t forget your Solar Toothbrush
Solar toothbrush saves on toothpaste Compact-Impact is selling a titanium solar powered toothbrush that works without toothpaste. The Soladey-3 “cleans an...

More progress for UK solar industry
A new factory in North Wales could give the solar energy market in the UK the impetus it needs. The Sharp Corporation, the worlds major producer of photovoltaic...

Looking to nature creates a second chance for Welsh Farmers
Faced with a dramatic 75% decline in farming through disasters as diverse as Chernobyl and BSE, many Welsh hill farmers decided to pack up and try a new line in...

Focus on Hydrogen
Inspired by our story about the island off Norway, Utsira, adopting hydrogen power? ( Island switches to wind and hydrogen posted 5th of August 2004). Consider ...

Fund your Off-grid dreams with OPM (other people’s money)
Wouldn’t it be lovely if someone offered you between 400 to 5000 to cut your bills, help the environment and get off-grid? Following the success of the Cl...

How to build your own Power Plant
So you live in a two bed room semi detached house in a regular housing estate. Despite appearances, (and perhaps assumptions), even the most conventional house ...

Big ideas on the move
Gaining access to off-grid and green energy ideas couldn’t get any easier; the Green Energy Machine (GEM), from the National Energy Foundation will come t...

Sweden leads the Bioenergy way…
World Bioenergy 2006, Conference & Exhibition for Energy, J?nk?ping, Sweden 30 May – 1 June 2006 Those looking for a green solution to the fossil fue...

Against the tide and on the grid
While hundreds of homes are kicking out utility companies, and providing their own power, a Suffolk couple finally had an electricity supply connected to their ...

Al viento, in Costa Rica
Homebuilt Wind Generators – Monday to Sunday, February 21st to 27th 2005 at Fundacion Durika, Costa Rica – www.durika.org Learn how to build wind ge...
