Solar panel installations are booming – up 22 per cent in the first six months of the year, and there are now more than 1.8 million households with them. But with panels costing thousands of pounds ...

If you want to be fully dependent on solar, you need enough solar panels to compensate for your energy consumption. However, this calculation gets tricky. While the average home needs roughly 19 solar ...

If you've ever looked at your energy bills and thought, "Why am I paying all this money when there's literally free energy beaming down from the sky?", well, you've got a point. While solar panels ...

More and more US homeowners are turning to rooftop solar, as energy bills and power outages are on the rise. Whether your goals are cost savings, more independence from the centralized energy grid, ...

Solar panels are an increasingly efficient, cost-effective, and higher-power-density renewable-energy source, though most ...

Your home could be worth more with solar panels, but how much more depends on location and if you own the panels. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

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 ...

Despite what your TV listing says, it isn't always sunny in Philadelphia -- or anywhere else. That means your solar panels won't always be soaking up the sun's rays. Solar panels are rapidly growing ...

So when you see advertisements touting "free solar panels," it certainly sounds too good to be true. Any homeowner weighing the decision to invest in a major project like rooftop solar would be ...