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Coursera.org. 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free. Free Online Language Courses. LearningSpace - The Open University. Free online Multimedia Training Videos from the University of Westminster. How I built an electricity producing Solar Panel. Several years ago I bought some remote property in Arizona. I am an astronomer and wanted a place to practice my hobby far away from the sky-wrecking light pollution found near cities of any real size. In my attempt to escape city slicker yuppies (you know the kind, the ones that like to blab loudly on their cell phone while they work on some business administration degree in a cyber cafe somewhere in Trendyland.) and their light pollution, I found a great piece of remote property.

The problem is, it's so remote that there is no electric service available. That's not really a problem. No electricity equals no light pollution. However, it would be nice to have at least a little electricity, since so much of life in the 21st century is dependent on it. I built a wind turbine to provide some power on the remote property. Here is a video of the solar panel set up and in use on my remote, off-grid property.

So what is a solar panel anyway? After a while, I came to some conclusions: seller.