Solar panels generate electricity to power your home. Our solar panel resources tell you everything you need to know about installing solar panels.
Solar panels are made of solar cells, a glass cover, a protective backsheet, and a metal frame. Silicon is the most important raw material.
Written by Zeeshan Hyder
200-watt solar panels can keep the lights on when you are off the grid in your RV, on a boat, or hiking.
Written by Ana Almerini
The amount of solar cells that a panel has determines the size, the most common panel sizes are 60-cell and 72-cell.
Written by Ana Almerini
Review of Mexican solar panel manufacturer Solarever's residential solar products.
Written by Catherine Lane
LADWP offers several solar programs for its customers, including net metering, Solar Rooftops, and Shared Solar. Save money with solar in Los Angeles!
Written by Ben Zientara
We were promised cost-effective smart roads that could light up, melt snow, and produce immense amounts of solar power. Was it all too good to be true?
Written by Zeeshan Hyder
To make the average amount of energy used by a home in America, a 2,000 sq. ft. home would need between 16 and 21 solar panels.
Written by Ben Zientara
A 500-watt solar panel will produce 2 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of daily power in typical conditions. They have an efficiency rating of around 21%.
Written by Oliver Sendy