solar charger Articles
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‘Window Socket’: Solar-Powered Plug Sticks To Window, Powers Anything
A concept has been unveiled for a solar-powered battery that can be stuck to a window, charged and then used as a standard plug. The Window Socket offers a neat way to harness solar energy and use it as a plug socket. So far we have seen solutions that act as a solar battery backup, but none as a direct plug-in. Simple in design, the plug just attaches to any window and does its job ...
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Solar powered electric fence
The power of the sun's energy is that it's far-reaching. And with today's solar technologies, even rural areas can have access to electricity. However, it's not just large properties that can take advantage of a solar-powered electric fence. Home gardeners can reap the benefits too! Read on to see if this clean energy alternative is right for you. What is a solar-powered electric fence? A ...
By Lumin
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UK CERTIFICATES G98 AND G99 FOR VICTRON MULTIPLUS-II
The Victron Energy Multiplus-II, including the GX model, have been awarded G98 and G99 certification after passing tes The MultiPlus-II is a 48V inverter/charger which combines the functions of the MultiPlus and the MultiGrid. THE MULTIPLUS-II HAS MANY FEATURES, INCLUDING; PowerAssist – Preventing overload of a limited AC source, such as a generator or shore power connection, the battery ...
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Efficiency is so in right now
In the movie The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want ads on an early version of his social network; he understands that first and foremost, his site has to be cool. And ads, he says, aren’t cool. Unlike Zuckerberg (well, at least in the beginning), the energy efficiency industry hasn’t quite grasped the value of being cool. It’s an industry that ...
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Geli Enables BMW EV Demand Response Program - Case Study
Challenge BMW Technology Group planned to launch a ground-breaking electric vehicle (EV) program called i ChargeForward that would allow individual BMW i3 owners to earn money by participating in demand response (DR) events. However, in order for BMW to participate in Pacific Gas & Electric’s day-ahead and real-time DR markets, it needed to guarantee 100 kilowatts (kW) of demand ...
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Africa’s green energy challenge: Mega projects, off-grid or somewhere in between?
South of the Sahara, getting electricity to 620 million people may require an all-of-the-above strategy. A 310-megawatt wind farm sprouting up in a remote, barren landscape near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya has the clean energy world buzzing — and for good reason. Africa’s largest wind farm, with 365 towering turbines, is creating more than 500 stable jobs in an impoverished area ...
By Ensia
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