In this guide, the popular Evil Genius format ramps up your understanding of powerful, important, and environmentally friendly solar energy - and shows you how to build real, practical solar energy projects you can use in your home, yard - even on the road! High-tech guru Gavin Harper gives you everything you need to build more than 50 thrilling solar energy projects. You'll find complete, easy-to-follow plans, with clear diagrams and schematics, so you know exactly what's involved before you begin. Includes illustrated instructions and plans for 30 amazing pretested solar energy projects that assume no prior experience with energy science, explanations of the science and math behind each project, projects that progress in difficulty - from simple ones that may inspire science fair entries - all the way to converting a real home to solar energy, and frustration-factor removal.