Solar Forest

May 05, 2010 By: Admin Category: Solar Charger

Solar Forest by Neville Mars

Neville Mars has developed an electric vehicle charging stations which take the form of solar trees. Photovoltaic grove serves dual functions, acting as a go to clean renewable energy sources while providing a shady place to park the cars as they charge.

Individual trees in the forest consists of a series of photovoltaic leaf mounted on a tree branch. There is electrical outlet at the base of each trunk that can be used to charge your electric vehicle. [Via]

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Solar Lighting

May 18, 2009 By: Admin Category: Solar Light

Light Up Your Life With Outdoor Solar Lighting

Executive Summary about Solar Lighting by Simon Harris

Outdoor solar lighting adds to the looks, or curb appeal, of a home. Because there are so many designs and styles of outdoor solar lighting, people can use them anywhere.

How Solar Lights Function

Small photovoltaic cells turn sunlight into solar electricity.

Options for Solar Lights

Some outdoor solar lights turn on when they detect motion. Other solar lights remain on from dusk until dawn.

Disadvantages of Solar Lights

There’s only one common flaw with solar lights.

Benefits of Solar Lights

One of the most talked-about benefits today is the fact that solar lights are an eco-friendly alternative to the traditional, electricity-using outdoor lights. Solar lights are also a fairly inexpensive option in terms of both purchasing and use. Finally, solar lights are easy to install. With traditional outdoor walkway lighting, for example, users needed to dig a trench and bury the wire that connected the lights to the power source. In the end, outdoor solar lighting may be the wave of the future.

10 Uses for Outdoor Solar Lights
Executive Summary about Solar Lighting by Dave Joa

Solar Lighting can be used in many ways

Here are just a few examples of practical applications for outdoor solar lighting:

1.      Solar Accent Lights

For specialist use in the yard or garden these are designed for accent lighting along the edges of driveways, walkways, paths and entrances to homes, garages and other buildings.

2.      Solar Lanterns

Typically these solar light fixtures include many different and unique designs of solar lights to enhance any part of your garden and yard.

3.      Solar Motion Sensor Lights

Because solar lights are easy to install they can be located in those places where traditional lights and the wiring required are a problem.

4.      Solar Spot Lights

Use solar spots to light up any individual objects outside you home such as trees, bushes, a flower bed, statues or even a pond or stream.

5.      Solar Flood Lights

If you want to light a much larger area then solar flood lights will help you to do this.

6.      Solar Sign Lights

7.      Solar Pond and Pool Lights

Today you can now get small solar powered lights in a wide rage of different colors that will float permanently in your pool or pond to giving a dramatic and potentially moving light show all night long.

8.      Solar Flag Light

Just like the solar sign lights there are now specialist lights for lighting the flag on your flag pole if you have one or the whole flag and pole together.

9.      Solar Rope Lights

These are great for creating great lighting effects anywhere in your yard and garden but especially on patios and decks, They can be run along anything such as under a deck railing or around things such as tree trunks and deck posts or hung on buildings or in trees.

10.  Solar Christmas Lights

Yes, you now even get solar Christmas lights for your tree or other features outside and around your home.

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