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Outdoor Solar Lighting
Of course, pretty much the same applies to boats (the sort you can sleep in and go places, not rowing boats, obviously). There is usually some amount of unused space on the deck or above the cabin where solar panels can be installed. Boats can also take advantage of a second form of free renewable energy: wind turbines, but that's a topic for another time.
As well as powering lights, outdoor solar power can be used to run a variety of devices that would otherwise be awkward to route power to.
For example, got a problem with moles (or gophers if you ... Solar LED Lighting
But solar LED lighting also has many other, less obviously functional, uses as we shall see.
The common factors shared by all solar LED lights are that they are safe, easy to install, reliable, versatile and very low energy - correction, very low renewable energy. The combination of free solar power to recharge batteries and LED light bulbs that require only a fraction of the electricity to provide the same amount of light as traditional light bulbs means that solar LED garden lights tick all the boxes where energy saving and the environment are concerned.
Although solar LED lighting has many ... Solar Lighting for Beginners
However, in countries where government policy is favorable to the widespread adoption of renewable energy supplies for a variety of reasons, for example Germany, Japan and India, it's a very different story. Taking Germany as an example, there the renewable energy Sources Act compelled the existing power companies to buy all ... A Beginners Guide To The Solar Shed
d, the summer shed (or summerhouse as those who own one rather snobbily insist), the swimming pool shed, the Roman Temple shed, the cow shed (for those who keep cows), the milking shed (for milking said cows), the pub shed and so the list goes on with a recent entrant in these times of concern about CO2 footprints and renewable energy - the solar shed.
So what's a Solar Shed you ask? Well, for the purpose of this article it's whatever type of garden shed you had before but with power, or more precisely, free solar power. Not to be confused with a glorified potting shed that has glass sides and/or ... The Pros and Cons of Installing A Wood Burning Stove
The ever rising cost of conventional fossil fuel and increasingly tough legislation and regulations (such as the Building Regulations Part L - Conservation of fuel and power) mean that many of us need to consider installing a variety of renewable energy sources.
In the case of new builds, including extensions of any significant size to existing properties. the regulations (such as the aforementioned "Document L" which is the UK ... 
