Runhood, based in California, is a new entrant to the off-grid and portable solar-plus-batteries market. What makes Runhood’s offering unique is its design built around external swappable batteries.

Like all solar energy systems, off-grid systems use solar panels to harness the sun’s energy for residential or commercial buildings. However, unlike more common grid-tied systems, they store some of ...

Battery backup will keep your off-grid or grid-tied home powered up when the grid goes down. Grid-tied vs. off-grid solar: decide whether a grid-tied solar system with battery backup or an off-grid ...

This expert advice will help you pick the best battery for off-grid living. Learn everything you need to know about solar batteries for off-grid living and how they work. I bought my first solar panel ...

A consortium of developers led by ACWA Power has secured financing for the Red Sea project, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, which is set to feature a 320MW solar array and a 1.3GWh off-grid battery ...

Solar tech leader Solis is making waves in Southeast Asia with its new energy solution. According to a company announcement published in February and SolarQuarter's report, Solis launched an off-grid ...

Tested and researched models we stand behind from Jackery, Bluetti, EcoFlow, and more. In the last five years or so, portable ...

Whether it's to help lower electricity costs or just a general desire to live unplugged from the rest of society, more and more people are choosing to go off-grid. While the concept of "off-grid" ...

The ancient Greeks told stories about harnessing the power of fire. Today, home batteries help me accomplish that on a daily basis. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

Charging EVs in parking lots with solar power is a marriage made in heaven. But the general rule for any solar or charging installation is that it be grid tied, so it can charge vehicles from the grid ...

In addition to struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic like everyone else, we Californians had another crisis to contend with this year that you might have heard about: fire season. When PG&E—the ...