Open Source Solar with Battery Chargers for 1 to 1,000 Watts

NOTE: Existing companies are listed for the purpose of showing examples, only. No endorsement is implied for any particular companies. Readers should investigate thoroughly before purchasing any options.

• Rugged solar panel and safe battery in 1 to 10 Watt size, Warranty/guarantee to ensure the product will last long enough to pay for itself through avoided energy costs.
• Possible tools and functions to add onto mini-solar chargers with integrated battery packs:
  • Adjustable stand, so that users can easily orient the mini-solar-panel to face the sun.
  • Suction cups or other secure mechanisms for mounting the panel on a window (especially windows or surfaces on airplanes, boats, cars, bicycles, etc.
  • Functions of multi-tools and/or Swiss Army knives (with possible TSA-friendly options for air travel).
  • Pen or pencil
  • Lamp/torch/headlamp function for use at night
  • Compass
  • Integrated jacks and plugs for charging multiple commonly used tools and appliances (e.g. cell phone charger, LED lamp charger, charge the battery using either solar from the integrated mini solar panel or from larger solar arrays, vehicle charger, or from a working power grid.

• Small Solar Home System scale. Power a few lamps, possibly adding one or more communications devices, a fan, etc.
• Portable small generator, up to 100Watts: https://www.amazon.com/Generation-Foot-Operated-Generators-Generator-Emergency/dp/B0DQNLD25T
• Devices that can be powered using small solar panels, dynamos, and batteries: lights, electronic devices, any and all USB devices, home medical care equipment.

• Larger solar home system.
• Mason Carroll. August 2024. DOE announces $5 million to help expand solar power in Navajo Nation. [Electronic Article, Arizona Family]. https://www.azfamily.com/2024/08/29/doe-announces-5-million-help-expand-solar-power-navajo-nation/
• Ryan Heinsius, September 2, 2024, DOE partners with private companies to bring solar power to Navajo Reservation, National Public Radio, Morning Edition, from KNAU News and Talk. https://www.npr.org/2024/09/02/nx-s1-5091050/doe-partners-with-private-companies-to-bring-solar-power-to-navajo-reservation

• Clean Energy States Alliance: https://www.cesa.org/projects/solar-with-justice/
• COMPANIES already manufacturing similar products:
  • GOGLA member products: https://www.gogla.org/member-product-showcase/
  • GO SUN products: https://gosun.co/
• E.A. Ebrahim, N.A. Maged, N. Abdel-Rahim, F. Bendary. (2021). "Open Energy Distribution System-Based on Photo-voltaic with Interconnected- Modified DC-Nanogrids," Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, v6, n1, pp. 982-988. https://www.astesj.com/wp-content/uploads/References/V6_N1/ASTESJ_0601108.txt
• Md Motakabbir Rahman (2022–2023). "Introducing DC Nano grid as a modular device with efficient Energy Management System". Appropedia. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
• Rahman, M.M., & Pearce, J. (2024). "Modular Open Source Solar Photovoltaic-Powered DC Nanogrids with Efficient Energy Management System," Solar Energy and Sustainable Development Journal, 13(1), 22–42. https://doi.org/10.51646/jsesd.v13i1.169
• Tan, K. T.; Krishnan, S. B.; Chua, A. Y. Z. Modelling and Simulation of Pico- and Nano-Grids for Renewable Energy Integration in a Campus Microgrid. Preprints 2024, 2024080980. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0980.v1

• A related project is to design all kinds of home, clinic, and hospital use medical care devices to operate using solar chargers and batteries.