News, Testing and Off-Grid Generation

Exciting new Ark case!
Just been to Cornwall to pick up the newly designed Ark case. It's lighter, less prone to scuffs and a little more stylish than the older design. Keeping manufacturing in the UK we used a local company called Sum Of...
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Finally some cold weather
Nice and frosty this morning, first one since spring. Solar panel efficiency goes up as the temperature goes down so despite being covered in frost, these panels were generating around 20% more energy! Take a look at our solar facts...
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A greener Christmas
Well, it’s November (how did it come around so fast?!) and our thoughts are turning festive as we begin to plan for Christmas. Whilst it can be a lot of fun, the festive season can be costly for us and...
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Living edition testing
We're collecting large amounts of data from our prototype living edition Ark which should give us the knowledge to take a small house off-grid. The orange batteries are lead acid and the blue cells in the bottom right are Lithium....
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Preparing for Emergencies
You may have seen in the press that the Government have just launched a website aimed at preparing the public for emergencies and natural disasters. At first it might sound like something out of a zombie apocalypse movie, but it’s...
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