Hi Maggie, I would like to order another 176, 12 volt fridge, also, I want four 250 amp hour maintenance free batteries and one control box 60 amp or more. Thank you Maggie and my previous fridge that I bought off you is going like a champion. My phone number is 07 xxxxxx. Mick Ripps, Goombungee. I […]
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Testimonial – JH
Hi Maggie, Your solar system brings me happiness every day. The silence is pure magic. I now hear the birds and frogs and not hear the diesel gen. We need to organise a solar dam pump to feed the stock with. What have you got that we can get installed pretty fast? Thanks and all […]
Testimonial – John Barton
To Whom It May Concern, In July 2015 my Son and I purchased a Solar Heating Unit from Maggie & Cowboy of Plainlands, Queensland. This was a 90 litre unit together with a 120w electric hot water pump. The frame was simple to assemble and in order to mount it on my donga and face […]
Lancaster, Calif. Requires Newly Built Houses to Fully Power Themselves with Solar
Lancaster, California has moved beyond requiring solar panels on the rooftops of new houses. A newly passed city ordinance stipulates that those rooftop arrays meet the energy needs of those homes. The city started requiring solar on new homes back in 2014, pioneering a policy that has since been adopted by Sebastopol, Santa Monica and […]
Turning sunshine to energy ‘more possible, less expensive’ than ever
A “solar revolution” is coming to Africa, comparable in scale and importance to the rapid surge in mobile phone use on the continent two decades ago, predicts the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Fast-dropping costs for solar power, combined with plenty of sun and a huge need for electricity on a continent where […]
How to save on electricity bills in Dubai – Khaleej Times
Is your electricity bill burning a hole in your pocket? We bring you some tips that can help you save energy and slash your electricity bills. Follow the tips below: 1: Cooling appliances: While using an air conditioner, keep the thermostat set at 24°F; or higher, and on “auto,” not “on”. This can help you save […]
How drones are helping design the solar power plants of the future
At the edge of a plot of muddy farmland, a few miles down the road from the University of California at Davis, an engineer takes a few quick steps across crop rows and lets go of a three-foot drone. Within seconds, the device – which weighs less than 2lbs and carries a powerful camera – […]
Tai O stilt homes to help prop up Hong Kong’s power grid with solar panel systems
Discount the growing throngs of tourists and worsening traffic and not too much has changed for Tai O’s indigenous townsfolk. Shrimp, fish and squid are still laid out to air dry under the sun as they have for generations. But residents from one of the west Lantau town’s fishing villages are beginning to discover an […]
Solar’s bright future seen in financing options
David Downs still carries around his electric bill from last June, eager to bring it up at any opportunity. It may seem like an odd conversation piece, but one peek shows why it comes in handy in his line of work selling residential solar panels. The total: $1.79. Sure, everyone would love a bill like […]
Francis Kéré becomes first African architect of Serpentine pavilion
A huge wooden disc will float above the lawn in Kensington Gardens this summer, a wheel of spindly timber slats hovering over a bright blue landing pad like some rustic flying saucer. This is the vision of Diébédo Francis Kéré, the first African architect to be chosen to design the annual Serpentine gallery pavilion, who […]