Friday, July 20, 2012

backyard wind generator - Solar Charging Station




We built a charging station in our backyard to power our electric vehicles with solar! We used a free shipping crate (large) and a set of solar panels from Costco. It charges the little one's power wheels and my electric scooter.



In the News:




San Francisco Chronicle

Poverty Resolutions Funds Solar Charging Station in Haiti
San Francisco Chronicle
In search of a sustainable solution to this problem, Poverty Resolutions has funded a solar charging station that can be used to charge cell phones and car batteries at low cost to the people of Cité Soleil. The station, installed in April, also ...

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The Forecaster

Portland company offers area's first solar car-charging station
The Forecaster
The contraption is a charging station for electric vehicles, and it is the only such station in the area to be completely solar powered (College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor installed a solar-powered car charger on a farm the school owns at the end of ...
Portland co. unveils solar-powered charging station for electric carsMainebiz Daily

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New Solar Charging Station for Electric Bikes in San Francisco
PR.com (press release)
San Francisco, CA, June 23, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The New Wheel announced their partnership with Sol Design Lab today on the Summer Solstice, unveiling the installation of a solar recharging station in front of their electric bike shop in Bernal Heights.

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Town Installs Solar Powered Charging Stations
Levittown Tribune
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, along with Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, environmental partners and community leaders, and residents celebrated the grand opening of the town's new state-of-the-art solar car charging stations. The three ...




Solar panel your garage, not your car, experts say
Medill Reports: Chicago
Coinciding with the issue of how or where to place solar panels on a vehicle comes the issue of fueling stations. Charging stations are not nearly as popular or accessible as gas stations, leading to another reason some buyers are hesitant to invest in ...

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Tweets:



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