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, ...

This is where the essential part of a residential solar system comes into play: a solar inverter. A solar inverter takes the electricity your solar panels make and turns it into electricity the ...

Over the past decade, solar panel installations have been rapidly popping up all over the globe. Thanks to price reductions and green energy goals, solar power is often affordable and accessible. With ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

In the first part of this series, pv magazine reviewed the productive lifespan of solar panels, which are quite resilient. In this part, we examine residential solar inverters in their various forms, ...

Tesla (TSLA) is launching its own solar power inverter, which completes the company’s home solar offering along with the Powerwall. Tesla has been offering its own solar power solution since the ...

Fortress Power, an energy storage and inverter technologies manufacturer, is releasing two new hybrid inverters designed for ...

Welcome to The Independent’s updated Heatable solar review, offering a deep dive into one of our top picks for homeowners who want premium, high-efficiency systems when comparing the best solar panels ...

In just a few decades, installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems have skyrocketed from a few MW globally each year to an estimated 35 GW in 2013 alone. And, as PV panels are becoming more efficient, ...

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™ ...