The Sunshed combines three things – a fully assembled solar array, a hand-built timber outbuilding, and an expandable power system – into one structure that arrives on a truck and generates electricity the moment it’s plugged in.
August 12, 2026 – Kingdom Sun today introduced the Sunshed, a new kind of solar that arrives fully assembled and ready to generate power.
The Sunshed is an 8-by-16-foot garden shed, delivered whole on the back of a truck, with nine high-output panels on its roof and two more as its windows. It needs no foundation and no construction crew: because it is built on skids, it can simply be placed in a sunny spot and connected to the home by a single electrician. And because every Sunshed carries an expansion hub, an owner can add capacity at any time by setting another unit in the yard and plugging it into the first – with no new engineering or trenching.
“The Sunshed is huggable, luggable, and pluggable," says Kyle Woolard, co-founder of Kingdom Sun. "It’s a magical little shed, it’s simple to move, and you can easily expand it to build a much larger solar array as your needs grow. It’s guerrilla solar: easy to install and built to blend in.”
The Sunshed arrives ready to generate
The Sunshed reaches its owner complete. Its inverters, cables, and junction box are installed and wired at the shop. Nine high-output panels on the roof and two semi-translucent panels in the windows produce enough power for a small home, even under the snow and cloud cover of a northern climate. An electrician finishes the job in a single day by trenching a line and interconnecting the shed to the house.
“Conventional solar feels expensive partly because the only thing it produces is electricity,” said Jake Seeley, Kingdom Sun’s other co-founder. “We asked why it couldn’t do more. For roughly the cost of a ground-mount array, the Sunshed also delivers shade, shelter, and a structure you’d want on your property anyway.”
The Sunshed creates space instead of taking it
Rooftop solar compromises a roof; ground-mounted arrays consume a yard. The Sunshed does neither. It is a finished, locally sourced building – a workshop, studio, gear room, storage shed, or guest cottage – that also generates power. Built from timber milled in Vermont, it belongs to the region it stands in.
“We believe in the marriage of solar and wood,” Woolard says. “Both are sun-harvesting, both remove carbon from the atmosphere. Wood makes for a more timeless, attractive built environment. And with local timber, you’re not sending money to some faraway headquarters; it stays in your local economy, while your energy spending stays in your own pocket.”
The Sunshed expands as needs grow
Most solar systems are fixed at the size they’re installed. Adding capacity later means another round of engineering, permitting, and construction. The Sunshed is built to grow. On the back of each unit is a hub with eight receptacles. To add power, an owner sets down another Sunshed – a second garden shed, or another planned structure in the line such as a firewood shed or a daybed – and connects it to the hub. No electrician is required.
“There’s no need to overbuild now for a future you can’t predict,” Seeley said. “You start with one Sunshed and add another when the time comes. Over the years, a backyard becomes a ‘grove’ of useful buildings powering the house, the cars, and the heating and cooling.”
A single Sunshed produces about 4.5 kilowatts. Through the expansion hub, a ‘grove’ can reach nearly 25 kilowatts – enough to power three average American homes.
“Solar panels are an engineering marvel: they last 40+ years, require almost no upkeep, and run on free fuel falling from the sky," Woolard says. "The Sunshed turns that marvel into a workshop, a studio, a storage shed that just happens to power your home.”
About Kingdom Sun
Kingdom Sun is a solar innovation company based in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, hand-building solar structures from locally milled timber. By integrating solar into beautiful, modular, multi-use wooden buildings, Kingdom Sun is out to build a new type of solar future.
The Sunshed is hand-built in West Glover, Vermont, and is currently available in New England and New York.
Press contact: Kyle Woolard & Jake Seeley, co-founders – contact@kingdom-sun.com · 802.472.1113