Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Solar energy, once a sideline to carbon-based energy sources, is rapidly ...

If you are purchasing solar panels for your home, you may be wondering how soon the panels will pay for themselves. Knowing what solar panels are made of can actually help you answer this question.

Dr. Nafeesah Allen is a multilingual communications strategist and global real estate investor with nearly 15 years of experience. She began writing about home improvement and design over four years ...

The place you install your solar panels matters. Here are the most common places to put your panels, and areas to avoid. Installing solar panels can be a great leap toward electricity cost savings and ...

Solar panels nowadays are flat, but folding them in origami-like ways could help dramatically boost the amount of power they could generate, scientists say. Research into solar or photovoltaic panels ...