This Amazon tiny home has solar panels on its roof, a built-in kitchen, and a full bathroom — all for less than $18,000.

Scientists in Ghana have developed a device that combines a conventional solar PV-powered steam cooker with sand-based thermal energy storage. The system can achieve a thermal efficiency of 38.9% and ...

The folks at Low Tech Magazine are here again, this time with a solar powered coffee maker. Lest you think of a large ...

Tests confirm graphene-based energy harvesters can use ambient energy to run ultra-low power sensors — the first hurdle in developing autonomous sensor systems.

On one ordinary day back in 2012, a hefty envelope turned up in my snail mail containing a very kind letter along with a mechanical drawing so detailed it made me want to chew my hair. The sender ...

This simple invention, Sun Oven, is everything I need to cook, dehydrate, bake and even pasteurize water, should that need arise -- all with the free and readily available power of the sun. Sun Ovens ...

If you're in search of a fun activity to keep the kids busy and help you prepare for your next off-grid getaway, try making a DIY solar-powered oven! Camping can be a fun and affordable way to travel ...

The Solar Cam Pan can stay perpetually charged with just an hour of sunlight exposure every day. The Solar Cam Pan can stay perpetually charged with just an hour of sunlight exposure every day. is a ...

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about some of the factors that are convincing Electrek readers to add home solar power systems to their homes. After receiving over a ...

City College students, faculty and staff gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 1 for Club Day. From a solar-powered oven and high-tech telescope to live snakes and sustainable art, the fall semester Club Day ...

Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan's bread basket Farmers financially ...