New Solar Powered RV Is Off-Grid Dream!
Packing up your things and taking a road trip is a goal for many adventurers and off-griders, but driving around a vehicle that gets 8 miles per gallon can be quite costly to the owner and the environment. A German based company called Dethleffs may have put an end to this contradiction by designing a […]
Spectacular 20ft Off Grid Shipping Container Home
Brenda converted a 20ft shipping container into an amazing off grid tiny home! Her passion for shipping container homes began when she was a small girl, and as an adult she turned her dreams into reality! She decided to keep her home under 10 square meters to avoid her local government from having to vote […]
Off Grid Floating Home – Travel the World in a Jet Capsule
A New Way to Live Off Grid A company called Jet Capsule has designed an off grid floating home that would allow you to live self sufficiently in the middle of the ocean! This off-grid boat home comes with a 4mph solar powered motor, allowing residents to travel the ocean at a leisurely pace. An on-board […]
Become Disaster Ready with Roll Out Solar Panels
When disaster strikes, electricity is usually the first thing to go. Tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, etc… can all wreak havoc on a community, sometimes leaving homes and business without power for days or weeks. These easy to install solar panels are called “Roll-Array” and take a fraction of the time other panels require to install. Everything […]
Introducing the World’s First Solar Airport
Solar energy is proving to be a promising energy source in years to come for both homesteaders and businesses. Managers of southern India’s Cochin International Airport sought out to become energy independent after adding their first solar panels in March of 2013. A vast swathe of unused land existed close to the airport’s international cargo […]
Turn Saltwater Into Drinking Water with Solar
Some readers may remember the 1995 post-apocalyptic film Tank Girl, based off a comic-strip taking place in the not-so-distant future, when desertification takes hold of planet Earth, causing water to become a scarce resource. Happily, the situation with our beloved planet’s supply of water isn’t nearly extreme as it was portrayed in Tank Girl. But […]