Matthew Van Ankum enjoys his newfound freedom. With a RockSolar solar-powered pump, his remote livestock watering system runs ...

The novel heat pump concept combines solar energy with chemical storage and reportedly consume 75% less electricity than conventional heat pumps. The system relies on a battery and a heat storage tank ...

Italian researchers have reviewed different system configurations for photovoltaic-thermal solar-assisted heat pumps in buildings. They say that using the PV-thermal collector as the heat pump’s ...

There’s no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar system, but most of it assumes a suburban house with city water and a long list of optional loads. Rural homes play by different rules, and ...

A solar water well setup is explained using a real example. The well is properly designed with the pump accessible (not under a well house roof). Water is pumped into a 2,500-gallon storage tank, then ...

Your pool pump may be the biggest electricity user in the backyard. Here’s why modern variable-speed pumps can cut energy use ...