Author Archives: Tim and Trudy

The Growth of Renewable Energy in Northern UK

The rapid growth of Scotland’s renewable energy sector has attracted many plaudits, and with over £300 million invested and 2,500 jobs created it’s certainly deserved. In fact at least another £6 million is going to be pushed into wind energy alone. However Scotland isn’t doing this all by themselves a recent report called “Renewables Investments [...]

Chickens Try Off Grid Living And Enjoy Year-Round Christmas

Chickens Go Off Grid And Enjoy Year-Round ChristmasWith energy prices soaring and environmental awareness improving, many are turning to renewable energy as the solution – even chickens are trying off grid living.

To fool the chickens into thinking it’s daytime and ensure they lay eggs all year round, farmers usually…

DIY Solar Heating and Solar Hot Water

Solar and wind are the current buzzwords in renewable energy, and DIY articles abound on the internet. Readers who are handy with tools, and who happen to be licensed electricians, may find the suggested projects easy to complete. For the rest of us, installing any kind of interface to the utility power grid is definitely [...]

Swift Wind Turbine Silently Hits U.S. Shores

Swift Wind TurbineAfter having much success installing over 250 home wind turbines in Scotland, Cascading Engineering is bringing the Swift wind turbine to America and Canada.

The company that specializes in plastics, partnered with Swift’s Scottish designer, Renewable Devices, to install the revolutionary small wind turbine in the U.S. households.

What sets the…

The Evolution Of Roof Solar Panels

Solar PanelsLooking a few years back, when one thought of roof solar panels, one imagined big, expensive, bulky panels jutting out from rooftops, being almost an eye-saw to the public.  However, roof solar panels have come a long way in recent years. Not only have they become thinner and more flexible, but…