No matter how handy you are, you might have a reason to hire a professional to install your solar panels. Here are the pros and cons of installing them yourself. If you're considering solar panels, ...

Many homeowners consider switching to solar energy as a better option for both the environment and their bank accounts. However, only a select few have the expertise and do-it-yourself spirit to ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

From shopping to generating electricity, the process of getting solar can take months. Here's what'll happen on installation day (and how to prep for it). Most people will need to find an installer to ...

There's a constant debate in the solar industry over whether residential solar systems should use power optimizers on each panel and a central string inverter or a micro inverter on each panel. New ...

Easing design for rapidly growing solar power applications, Texas Instruments (TI) announces its C2000™ kit that implements a complete grid-tied solar micro inverter based around TI's C2000 Piccolo™ ...