Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Kristin is a lead editor at Forbes Home and has nearly a decade of ...

Solar panels can save you money on your electricity bills, but how much do they cost, and are they worth the investment? Read below to know. The average solar panel price per watt in the US is $3.56, ...

Solar panels are mostly made of silicon, which derives from sand. Here's how that abundant substance is transformed into something that generates electricity. If you're looking to install a solar ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Many homeowners are surprised to learn that most solar systems stop working during an outage — even on sunny days. That’s why many people add a backup generator (or solar batteries) to make sure their ...

Even for the most enthusiastic boosters of renewable energy, it’s hard to argue that solar panels provide truly clean electricity if, at the end of their lives, many of them end up in landfills. But ...

For the first time in US history, US-made wind and solar components are now cheaper than imports, according to a new study. Dartmouth and Princeton researchers just released a study called, “Effects ...

CLIMATEWIRE | A flood of Chinese solar components is casting a shadow on President Joe Biden's climate priorities. That's creating deep divisions in the U.S. solar industry and causing political ...

More than 1,000 shipments of solar components have been blocked at US ports since June under a new law that bans exports from China's Xinjiang region due to concerns about forced labor, according to a ...

It's increasingly common to see solar panels on the roofs of recreational vehicles (RVs). While solar panels can't replace an internal combustion engine and turn your RV into an all-electric vehicle, ...