{"id":4010,"date":"2016-02-25T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2016-02-25T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T11:01:24","slug":"incredible-solar-powered-inventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/25\/incredible-solar-powered-inventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Eureka: Incredible Solar Powered Inventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solar power is an important source of renewable energy that can be used to fuel a multitude of items, including our lights.\u00a0 Over recent years solar power has become an increasingly popular source of energy and has been at the forefront of some rather interesting inventions. Nowadays, scientists and manufacturers are beginning to harness the sun\u2019s energy and using it to power all sorts of wonderful creations, including wheelchairs, cars and hearing aids.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been out when your phone has died and you desperately need to charge it? Well there\u2019s now a solar plug socket so that you can charge your phone wherever you are, without the need for electricity. After all, solar energy is the power of the future, and so it\u2019s about time that our normal day-to-day electricity powered items started to use cleaner solar energy. Our new infographic explores the most incredible inventions that run on solar energy, including homeless shelters and ferries; take a look below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Solar-Powered-Inventions.v.2.0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Solar-Powered-Inventions.v.2.0.jpg\" alt=\"Solar-Powered-Inventions\" width=\"950\" height=\"8242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Solar-Powered-Inventions.v.2.0.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Solar-Powered-Inventions.v.2.0-118x1024.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar power is an important source of renewable energy that can be used to fuel a multitude of items, including our lights.\u00a0 Over recent years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[118,18,89],"class_list":["post-4010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-inventions","tag-solar-lights","tag-solar-power"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eureka: Incredible Solar Powered Inventions - Indoor\/Outdoor Lighting Guides &amp; 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