Posts tagged 'off-grid'

"Solar Success" by Collyn Rivers

Wanting to go fully solar not only for our hot water needs but also for our electricity needs we have purchased the book "Solar Success" by Collyn Rivers recently. The subtitle of the book "Getting It Right Every Time - The Complete Guide To Home & Property Systems" really got us interested …

First Meeting with Solar Installer

photovoltaik installation

Yesterday, Rosalba and I, met Shayne from Alternative Energy Solutions to start the process of working out the size of our solar power system. Shayne performed an energy audit with us by going through every room on our plan and working out what electrical appliances we'll be using.

Based on …

Preparing for Life off the Electricity Grid

With our decision not to connect our future home to the electricity grid I have started thinking about ways of making the most of the electricity that we will collect with our solar panels. Unfortunately I currently have a number of computers that that are acting as various servers and …

Living with Solar course

I have found some information about a weekend course where participants are tought "Living with Solar". This course is provided by the Rainbow Power Company in Nimbin which isn't too much of a drive from Brisbane where we currently live.

I am thinking that this course may be helpful to …