The legislation would reclassify small-scale solar devices as household appliances to bypass utility interconnection requirements and permitting fees.

Solar panels can only generate electricity; they can’t store it, so you must pair them with a stand-alone battery bank or a power station. For home emergency power (for a few hours of power), we ...

Before purchasing a solar generator for home backup, it’s important to first assess if you want a full solar generator setup (power station + solar panels), or if it would be more cost effective to ...

We tested 20 solar generators to find the most versatile devices that can provide emergency backup power and fuel off-grid ...

Portable solar panels and solar battery chargers are easy-to-use devices that provide backup power to anyone who happens to be away from a working power outlet, including hikers, car campers, and even ...

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as more than 2.6 million homes and businesses across five states were without power, officials warned residents with generators to only use them ...

With the growth of portable power stations as solar generators in the last decade, interest and competition has led to huge improvements in solar panel performance. When I began playing around with ...

Both portable power stations and uninterruptible power supplies can give backup power to your most important devices -- but you'll want to make sure you have the right one for the job. There are all ...

Not every portable power station is light enough to carry while also offering a decent amount of energy storage capacity. Some are so heavy you can't really call them portable, while others are more ...

Spanish energy storage solution provider Full&fast has deployed a microgrid at the La Chimenea experimental farm in Aranjuez, southern Spain. It consists of a portable solar generator installation ...