Solar Spot Lights

Spotlights aimed at a tree

If you are looking for a dramatic way to light some hard to reach places around your landscaping, it would be tough to beat solar spot lights.  Now, I am not going to ramble on and on about how wonderful solar lighting is for the environment and it will save you money on your energy bills and all that.  There are plenty of articles about that on this site.

What I would like to do in this article is take a look at some of the ways they can effectively be used to enhance the look of your property from . . . → Read More

Solar Lights 101

solar lights

The following is a guest post by homeandgardensolar

You may or may not have heard about a PV. With our current focus on finding alternative energy you will probably hear about PV’s in the future. PV stands for photovoltaic. This is the smallest element that converts sunlight into electrical energy. PV’s are also called solar cells. At this time solar cells are being used in many developing countries to help provide solar electrical energy through solar panels, actually helping to replace conventional electrical supply at a great cost savings You can find many blogs these days about how a PV panel plus a battery is . . . → Read More

Industrial Solar Lighting

solar street lights

I touched on industrial solar lights in the Hybrid Solar Lighting Technology article, but I would like to go into a bit more detail about some of the uses of solar lights in commercial application and some of the companies that are on the cutting edge of solar technology.

There are a number of companies that are leading the way for commercial solar lighting. One of those companies is Solar Cynergy. “Solar Cynergy manufactures high end architectural solar LED lighting for homes, developments and cities” as well as “an OEM line of Solar Photovoltaic Panels.” They are primarily . . . → Read More