Weird name, great product. The WakaWaka Power is a durable, lightweight (7-ounces), and waterproof solar charger. It will charge fully in about 8-10 hours of bright light and will charge your phone in about 1-2 hours. It also has a built-in LED flashlight that has 5 different modes, including SOS…
GadgetKing is a sucker for anything solar. So when we first saw Aspect Solar's portable SunSocket Solar Generator that tracks the sun we were in love. Keep in mind we haven't actually reviewed the product yet. But the idea and product execution looks to be spot on. You start off…
The Sloan SOLIS EAF-275 is a good looking faucet, all by itself. Then add an automatic sensor for hands free operation and a solar panel to keep the batteries charged. Genius. The solar panel works with natural or artificial light. The small lever on the right hand side lets you…
For only $139 you can have a 5-star rated yard umbrella that not only looks and works great, but also has 40 LED lights and runs off of batteries that are charged from a tiny solar panel. The LED lights will run for 9-12 hours. The Solar LED Umbrella comes…
When reading about Denmark's ambitious plans to get 50 percent of their energy from wind turbines in the next eight years, I wonder why other countries aren't doing the same thing. Tapping sustainable energy sources like wind and solar pay for themselves in time, improve air quality, reduce health…
As you may have noticed, we like the idea of using old shipping containers for new purposes, mainly building homes. Makes sense considering they show up on our shores full of Chinese trinkets and tend to be shipped back empty. May as well keep some here and repurpose them. The…
Plenty of world trade happens over the seas via large container ships. One thing is for certain, large ships burn a bunch of fuel. Things have remained pretty much unchanged for many years with regards to large ships. They burn fuel to turn propellers. A Japanese company, Eco Marine Power,…
If solar was cheap it would be on every roof top providing clean energy. However solar is still quite expensive, largely because of the cost of the rare materials. This may be changing. Researchers from Stanford University are working on making solar cells out of carbon which is quite abundant…
The typical flat solar panels that are in use today have a few major problems. For example; flat solar panels are less effective when heated by the sun, they don't release electrons efficiently, and unless they are on sun trackers they tend to waste much of the suns time in…
Typically solar panels are mounted in a fixed orientation which works pretty good. However, when you want to ring every bit of energy out of the sun it is best to use sun trackers. Solar trackers tend to be 40 percent more energy efficient than fixed mount systems. A solar/sun…