Rotating Solar Powered Display Turntable

I do love these odd eco gadgets. Well, perhaps love to hate. This solar-powered turntable will rotate up to 200g of junk using nothing but the sun’s energy. 200g is very little weight, so you couldn’t use it for a plant or anything. (more…)

Handy Solar-Powered Keychain Flashlight

It’s great having a solar powered or hand powered emergency torch, but it’s pointless if you don’t have one with you. The Handy Solar-Powered Keychain Flashlight solves that problem, as you always have an emergency LED torch at hand. Using two very bright LED lights, you get up to 3 hours worth of light on a full charge. (more…)

SolarMature – Solar Powered Reading Lamp

The SolarMature (odd name!) is a solar-powered desktop or bedside lamp that uses solar panels on the lampshade. The lamp is completely standalone, and doesn’t need to be near a power point. It can be used in the garden or in the home, however, you need to make sure it gets plenty of sun light if used indoors. (more…)

Video on Home Energy Microgeneration

I’ve found this short video on micro-generation for the home, which might be useful to those of you who are interested in creating their own mini power station at home. The video features ITV’s Dream Home’s Oliver Heath and Helen Steed, who is the Microgeneration Development Manager at npower.

The video focuses on explaining how easy it is to get started and how npower can help (so there’s a slight slant towards npower here). Oliver and Helen also talk about a new series of video guides on how to install solar panels in your home too!

Garden Solar Insect Zappers

The summer season is on the way, and the insects are out. Killing pests is hard work as it’s difficult to kill just a certain type of insects without harming animals and potentially humans. The Solar Insect Zappers are a set of 2 chemical-free solar-powered insect killing lamps. (more…)

Energizer Solar Battery Charger

The Energizer Solar Battery Charger was recently announced, which is a charger that charges AA and AAA batteries using the sun’s energy. It’s the first time I’ve seen a major battery manufacturer releasing their own solar charger gadget. (more…)

Solar Powered Garden Flood and Spot Lights

So the spring is coming, so no doubt many of us will be focusing on the garden for this year to cheer it up after the winter blues. LED lighting has come on a long way in the last few years, and we’re now starting to get more powerful LED lights than ever before. These Super Bright 8 LED Solar Flood Lights will illuminate trees and statues from up to 50 feet away using 8 powerful and bright white LEDs. (more…)

Solar Powered Nintendo DS lite

It appears that the Nintendo DS Lite was made for solar panels, as the Instructables author dark sponge has created a useful solar charger for the DS Lite. The top face has enough space for two 60x60mm solar cells side by side, each outputting 3V at 40mA. (more…)

The Solar Stand – Portable Adjustable Solar Panel Stand

The Solar Stand is a new concept by Tom Fereday that addresses the lack of applications for flexible solar panels. The Solar Stand improves the quality of the solar cells, increasing power output by up to 35% and making the panels easier to use in the field. (more…)

Lyman Morse PowerCube – High-end Portable Solar Power

The boat builder specialists have used their marine expertise to develop the PowerCube. Working with a company called Reluminati, PowerCube has been designed as a solution for off-grid energy supply. Whilst the sun is shining, the PowerCube can supply 600 watts of power. As you can see from the photo above, the PowerCube is a beast, but is perfectly suited to military, marine, island camps, construction sites, cell phone towers, and emergency situations. (more…)