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Choosing The Best Location For Your Off-Grid Cabin

When you’re taking the plunge to go off-grid in a remote area, the location of your cabin or tiny house makes all the difference to your success at off-grid living. Here are some things to consider when making the switch to a simplified lifestyle.  1. Solar power potential.  When you go off-grid, the biggest changes will be in how you source your power. The best setups allow for constant gathering of solar energy.


2 Ways You Can Install Renewable Energy In Your Camping Trailer

When you are camping, you don’t need to rely on gas powered generators or propane to help run components of your camping trailer. Instead, you can use renewable energy sources, such as solar and biomass (creating energy from burning plants). Here are two ways you can convert your camper to use renewable energy. Wood Burning Stove If you have a camping trailer, you know how expensive it can be to buy propane to run your trailer’s heater.


How Can Your Home Harness Solar Energy?

If you live in a sunny climate and are tired of spending hundreds of dollars to cool your house each summer, you may be considering the benefits of investing in a solar system – not a series of planets, but a way to harness the sun’s energy and use it to your advantage. There are several home modifications available that might be able to help you curb your high energy bills while simultaneously reducing the amount of harmful fossil fuels produced and combusted.