Renewable Energy
The best advice on energy efficiency, solar power, wind energy, living off the grid, and more.
5 Facts You May Not Know About Installing Solar
By Vikram Aggarwal, EnergySage
Thanks to the financial and environmental benefits of installing solar panels, this renewable energy technology shows no signs of slowing down. Here are five facts you may not know about going solar.
Harnessing the Sun with a Solar Oven to Make Blue Hopi Cornbread
By Jonathan Olivier
In Gila, New Mexico, the abundant sunshine lends to cooking with a solar oven, completely off the grid.
Off-Grid Homesteading in Vermont
By Ashley Hetrick, Vermont Mango Plantation
Hop off the grid with one of our readers as they recount living on an homestead in Vermont and find some ideas to incorporate into your own homestead.
3 Tips for Selling a Home with Solar Panels
By Sarah Hancock
Have a solar energy system on your roof and need to sell your home? Read these tips to help make the process go more smoothly.
Solar Pioneer Party
By Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group
Solar pioneers celebrates premiere of āSolar Roots: The Pioneers of PVā documentary film.
Going Off Grid, The How-to Book of Simple Living and Happiness
By Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group
Read a review of an honest and straightforward book that discusses the merits of going off-grid, simple living, and happiness.
Backup Power is the Beginning of Living Off Grid
By Aur Beck, Advanced Energy Solutions Group
Electricity is a big part of living off grid.
Shed Light on the Value of Solar with these Solar Calculators
By Ryan Willemsen
Solar calculators help you determine whether solar panels installed at your home or business will save money over electricity pulled from the grid.
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