My DIY Solar

07/31/2026

Never a good idea to store batteries or inverters in ovens.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/battery-explosion-germany-warning-home-storage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTXuY9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTG_ZgNV04qO1Qke1eYkP6gMnsVhXI7qEV7YseFf078pv6wbcpvged_sTu68_aem_dZAPNQCG6hHJD4usLv3UJA

Germany's recent battery explosion has raised fresh questions about home energy storage, one of the fastest-expanding parts of the clean energy transition.

07/30/2026

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https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/battery-explosion-germany-warning-home-storage/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTXuY9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTG_ZgNV04qO1Qke1eYkP6gMnsVhXI7qEV7YseFf078pv6wbcpvged_sTu68_aem_dZAPNQCG6hHJD4usLv3UJA

Germany's recent battery explosion has raised fresh questions about home energy storage, one of the fastest-expanding parts of the clean energy transition.

07/29/2026

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https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/28/fcc-bans-foreign-produced-solar-inverters-grid-lockout-begins-today/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTWdJJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe9vXGyBWlcrZazhbhV-yQqms4y2PwNt9DU13FaV3Zia2Y0yPJZBr7nkdfvxE_aem_tfpyR8QW-Sat2N6z9tsMGw

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added foreign-produced power inverters to its Covered List, executing an immediate ban on equipment authorizations for unapproved foreign models over national security and hacking concerns.

06/19/2026

Not green and not reliable.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DfvjZJ4VP/

04/07/2026

https://share.newsbreak.com/i16ajs3p

Austin, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a sweeping initiative aimed at investigating and stopping alleged fraud within the solar pan

12/21/2025

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/18/the-electric-vehicle-collapse-wow-that-was-quick/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAO1LFZjbGNrA7UsMWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtZGmKqfjUhRCPaS-fINjAfMu9EtMVFk0VvaPdhffK2FVqYhkvQTwq43YN_W_aem_J1eSEDJ0TzNjD50t241gSQ

Let’s face it, this was always ill-conceived central planning, and it was never going to work. I went back to the links that I had included to the Ford and GM websites in my January 2022 post. Both…

12/18/2025

Newsom and Biden owe the Ford stockholders for this debacle.

Following a broad downturn in EV sales, the automaker plans to develop more hybrid vehicles and will nix plans to roll out large all-electric trucks.

09/30/2025

09/29/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14GtRSHmqej/

Electric vehicle fires are not like gas-powered car fires.

Unlike gas cars, EV fires can be harder to put out.

Firefighters in Virginia Beach released a video showing the aftermath of an EV that caught fire inside a commercial garage on Bayside Road earlier this week. No one was hurt, but officials say the incident is a reminder to use caution — especially when parking EVs in enclosed spaces.