Energy Systems
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Thinking of buying a battery to help power your home? Here’s what you need to know
Batteries are undoubtedly part of our energy future. Should you put one in your home now to store solar output,…
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Eco-Friendly Luxuriant Wood Heat
When many people think of eco-friendly power, they think of solar or wind. I think of wood heat. You’re probably…
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Off-Grid Living: 5 Benefits Of Solar Generators
Renewable solar energy is a well-known energy source due to its sustainability cost-effectiveness. With the rising cost of electricity, many…
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Solar Panels – Which way do I face them? (And why?)
Which way should solar panels face? Ahh! That’s easy! Straight at the equator, right? (Due North in the southern hemisphere,…
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The Miller Rotor Windmill
The Miller Rotor was invented by a retired Ballarat farmer, Mr. Miller, in, I think, the early nineteen sixties. He…
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Home Biogas: Renewable Energy from Food Waste
This presentation is about making renewable energy in your backyard from food scraps. Samuel Alexander of the Simplicity Institute provides…
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7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly
Introduction As a homeowner, you might think that there is not enough that you can do to contribute to environmental…
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Anatomy of a photovoltaic battery system – Part 2
In our first article, we examined the components in a battery based photovoltaic system with some pictures of systems we…
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Anatomy of a photovoltaic battery system – Part 1
Maya Mountain Research Farm was founded in 1988 in a remote area that had no electricity. In 1994 we built…
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Suitable Solar Candidate? 8 Signs You’re Ready to Go Solar
Solar energy is a wonderfully sustainable way to power your home. Popping a few panels up can put more green…
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Living the Homesteader Dream – Part 2
Facing the encroaching winter and water-damage to all of the 100-year-old lumber we’d painstakingly repurposed, we had to improvise. We…
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Living the Homesteader Dream – Part 1
I’ve just switched the overdrive off so the truck can more easily handle the trip up the mountain, and beside…
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