Solor Hiking Blog / Renewable Energy News
Powerful and compact, the Boulder 15 watt portable flat solar panel is perfect for camping or a Saturday at the park. 15 watts of efficient monocrystalline solar technology, the Boulder 15 watt solar panel can be linked together with several other panels to give you all the power and convenience that lightweight ridged panels offer. [click to continue…]
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Those of you that know me know I spend a lot of time outdoors in remote locations modeling and field testing portable solar panels when I am not selling solar at work. Recently I spent the weekend doing a bikini shoot near Cabo San Lucus Mexico. Jeff, the photographer, was shooting me and the other girls using a Nikon D800 with rechargeable EN-EL15 Li-ion batteries which we (he) kept charged using a Goal Zero portable solar panel and portable battery. (You can follow Sally on Twitter @Sally_Solar) [click to continue…]
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Plans to rebuild many cities devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake as environmentally friendly “smart cities” built around local power production using solar panels are being explored. Coming back from a job site on Friday I listened to a local architect in Japan discussing how solar panels can make each community totally self sustaining. American needs to sit up and take notice because our power grid and dependency on foreign oil are a threat to our democracy and national security. [click to continue…]
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I like to call my Mom by her name, Samantha because when Samantha and my Dad, take me RVing along with my ATV I feel more like a grown up than a kid. We live near Chicago but travel to the Wisconsin Dells and Mississippi on weekends, set up our RV and I am gone. Samantha and I make my Dad camp in parks that have 2 things, no electricity so I can experiment with my portable solar panels and have somewhere to ride my Yamaha Raptor ATV. [click to continue…]
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Portable solar was never so easy as the kits Goal Zero has put together. The Guide 10 is one of the most popular backpacking portable solar kits we sell. I have a very cool job because not only do I get to talk to outdoor enthusiasts all day, I spend a considerable amount of time in the wild testing portable solar products. [click to continue…]
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Portable solar batteries just got more powerful. Once again, Goal Zero is leading the pack with it new portable solar generator. The Yeti 1250 Solar Generator is Goal Zero’s highest capacity portable recharger to date and is the most easy to use, affordable, dependable and complete solution available for those looking to “trade-up” from their conventional gas-powered back-ups. The Yeti 1250 is a generating beast, standing 16 inches tall, 11.6 inches wide and 14.5 inches deep and weighing 103 lbs., and much like its namesake, the Yeti 1250 is extremely powerful, but rarely seen or heard. [click to continue…]
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Magnum MS2012 inverters are the brains of any solar system for Marine, RV or emergency battery backup generator. A Magnum MS2012 inverter will change the direct current (DC) power produced by the solar panels, or stored energy in batteries, and convert it into alternating current (AC) electricity that home, RV or Marine owners can use to power T.V.s, stereos, plasma screens, and other sensitive electronics without the distortion or electrical lines you sometimes get with modified sine wave inverters. [click to continue…]
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Portable solar kits for camping are increasing in availability, but what about practicality? Can portable solar kits for camping be put to use readily? Are they portable enough? Are they durable enough?
Many people spend most of their RV camping time in RV camping spaces with full hook-ups. They plan trips according to where the next RV camp is, and reserve a full hook-up space for the end of each day. For those folks, RV solar practicality would be a move up because they would not be so tied to the grid. [click to continue…]
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Check out this base camp kit, it is the ultimate solar panel and battery kit. Leave the noise of the generator behind and pick up this silent, solar camp Kit with universal inverter included. Designed for base camps, cabins, or long-stay outdoors environments. Charge via wall, 4 Boulder 30 solar panels for a total of 120 watts of power or car adapter. Use as a primary source of power for lighting, and running multiple electronic devices. [click to continue…]
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When There is a Huge Solar Energy Spill it’s a “Nice Day”
by Sally on April 10, 2012
in Solar Energy Commentary
As someone who has climbed the face of mountains and spent a significant amount of time backpacking remote trails in the Grand Canyon, I have come to appreciate (and respect) nature is all it’s forms. Maybe for that reason I remain keenly aware of any act of man that blisters our environment. Solar panels are a no brain-er technology that we should push on every level for many, many reasons. [click to continue…]
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