Energy

BusinessWeek has reported on the hidden problems with solar energy and concluded that power consumption should be as close as possible to the point of productio...

Wicks: Carbon? No comment. The British Energy Secretary Malcolm Wicks was just interviewed on The World at One, BBC Radio 4, where he failed to deny this mornin...

Lists the wide range of renewable power options available to ordinary householders....

Over 50% of UK households want to generate their own power according to an IpsosMori survey. The main reason is to save money, and the environment is the second...

Quincy — warm homes Whisper it quietly lest the folks in Iceland get to hear, but the people of Quincy Illinois have taken to describing themselves as...

stove, solar stove, outdoor stove, outdoor cooking, outdoor cooker, solar cooking, solar cooker, wood stove, Propane, Butane, Isobutene,...

Amish reject tying into the public electric grid, but happy to use solar power for home comforts....

Solar power is going mass market even in Northern regions. We tell you what price to expect and checklist the pitfalls if you decide to run your house from sola...

Ramsey – Idiot The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home (second edition) by Dan Ramsey with David Hughes What is it? One of the lates...

A California company has introduced a solar powered wireless internet router....

Using a very old idea – the cooling power of the evaporation of water – a small Indian group has released plans for an inexpensive way to keep food ...

In an attempt to break the high initial cost of solar power for remote regions, an MIT team has developed a small – 1kW – solar concentrating combin...