If you are using solar panels to provide energy for your home or business, it is vital to know how to care for them. If the panels become unclean or start to malfunction in some other way, they can cease … Continue reading
You’ve seen the ads on TV or perhaps a door-to-door salesperson has paid you a visit with a sunny and attractive pitch: Low-cost home solar system rentals. According to the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, solar panel rentals are … Continue reading
Everyone knows that the Sun sends more energy our way than we could possibly ever use. The problem though is: how to harness this energy? Existing photovoltaic cells are astonishingly inefficient, but it could be that nature could already how us a better way. Newly discovered bacteria deep within the ocean is able to convert sunlight to electricity with an astounding 100% efficiency. Continue reading
If you compare today with the past, we are now much more aware of our environment and do make more of an effort to treat it with a lot more care and respect than we did 40 years ago or … Continue reading
Solar panels are a great way to harness the energy and power of the sun to convert it into usable electricity. Buildings with solar panels can save hundreds of dollars each year on energy costs in a home or office. … Continue reading
The good old incandescent light bulb may have lit the way to the 24 hour world we live in today, but it’s finally time to part company with this dated technology. Energy is scarce and expensive enough already and the incandescent electric bulb frankly ticks all the wrong boxes these days. Continue reading
So you’ve seen solar panels going up on your neighbor’s roofs and been inundated with unsolicited mail and email telling how much you could save by installing solar panels. But how much do you really know about choosing the right solar technology for you? Continue reading
Well everyone now knows about domestic solar power – thanks to recent generous government support it seems as if pretty well everyone with a suitable house, money to invest and half a brain has jumped at the chance and installed solar PV panel on their roof. But what about the arguably much more important commercial side of things? Continue reading