ArcHub: Power
Power generation and transmission
Solar Power
Standard Solar
- Build a Small Solar Panel System [article] - everything you need to know to build stand-alone photovoltaic systems that can power almost anything you want.
- Build Your Own Solar Power Station [video - yt]
- Libre.Solar - Open-source hardware & software for solar energy systems
High-Efficency Sustainable Solar
- Build a Low-Tech Solar Panel [article] - The original design from 1905
- Direct Solar Power [article] - make your solar setup 10x less expensive by ditching the batteries
- DC Power [article] - Directly coupling DC power sources with DC loads
Mechanical Power
Pedal Power
- Bike Generator [article] - build a practical and efficient household bike generator
- Pedal Powered Farms & Factories [article] - the forgotten future of the stationary bicycle
- Short History of Pedal Power
Wheel Power
Mechanical Power Transmission
- Jerker Lines [article] -
- Stangenkunst [article]
- Rope Drives [article]
- Shafting, Pulleys, Belting and Rope Transmission [ebook] - by Hubert E. Collins
Hydro Power
- Direct Hydro Power [article]
- Power Water Networks [article] - Hydraulic power transmission for heavy machinery
- Water Motors [article] - power from the tap
- I Built a Medieval Watermill to Power My Tools [video - yt] - by How to Make Everything
- Water Power for the Farm and Country Home [ebook]
- Waterwheel [article]
- Waterwheel 2 [article]
Thermal Power
- Thermoelectric Stoves [article] - Make your wood stove generate electricity as its used
- Solar Thermal Factories [article] - No electricity required
Wind Power
- Industrial Windmills [article] - Wind Powered Factories
- Windmill Heating [article] - Most people don't know that windmills can produce heat directly
- Wind Turbines Made Sustainable [article]
- How to Make a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine [video - yt]
- Project Wind Wall [article]
- Wind Powered Compster [article] [video - yt]
- Portable 17 Watt Wind Generator [article]
- Windmills, Picturesque and Historic [ebook] - The Motors of the Past by F. H. Shelton
Steam Power
- Does this 2,000 Year Old Steam Engine Work? (Hero's aeolipile machine) [video - yt]