Here’s a list of websites that sell solar panels (and other supporting accessories like inverters, batteries and charge controllers) at retail for home end-users.  With the high costs of solar panels, it’s really a good idea to shop around or get what options are available to you before buying.

Note: These sites are not in any order and I am not endorsing any of them.  It is simply a list that I found useful for my use when shopping for solar panels.  I hope they are useful for you too!

Selling New Solar Panels:

  • SolarHome - (solarhome.org) - Lots of solar panels for sale as well as accessories and supporting parts for setting up your system. Can search by watts, brand or type of solar panel. Lots of reading information too.
  • Wholesale Solar - (wholesalesolar.com) - Can find good bargains for multiple solar panels. Lots of accessories too.
  • Affordable Solar - (affordable-solar.com) - Good site for research on solar panels, accessories (charge controllers, inverters and more).  They also sell by the pallet and have some good priced panels.
  • Mr. Solar - (mrsolar.com) - Nice informative site. Also has pre-built kits and systems. Has information for RV and other off-site uses too.
  • Sun Electrictric - (sunelec.com) - Nice site for various solar panel brands that actually shows their inventory online. They also have lots of accessories and interesting things like solar friendly fridges and freezers.
  • Solatron Technologies - (partsonsale.com) - Interesting site to find solar panels and other gadgets that you probably never heard of.  Seems they also run a lot of special deals from time to time.  Solar panel kits also available.
  • EcoBusinessLinks - (ecobusinesslinks.com) - Compare prices of different brands of solar panels on one page… using $/watt.  Price ranges from $3/watt to $5/watt.
  • Solar Buzz - (solarbuzz.com) - similar to EcoBusinessLinks and shows the average prices of solar modules of about 70 companies that make them as well as the trends in prices over the months.

Selling Used Solar Panels:

  • EBay - (www.ebay.com). Lots of types of solar panels, used and new in this site.  This is usually the first place I look for cheap, used solar panels.  A lot of interesting listings are found here but as usual, be careful of sellers who may be out for a quick buck.
  • CraigsList - (www.craigslist.com).  Some good deals for solar panels can be found here but items may only be found locally in certain cities.  You’ll have to contact the seller if they are willing to ship them to another city or state.

Other Interesting ideas:

  • Free Solar Panels (?) - (Cleantechnica) - see this article to see how to get almost free panels from those solar powered road signs and lights used in the highways.
  • Make your own panels - (TreeHugger) - an article that discusses how to create a complete solar panel from scraps and broken smaller panels that you can buy on ebay.  If you’re the DIY type of person, then this may be the cheapest way of obtaining solar panels for your home.

Have fun shopping around!

p.s. If you own a website selling solar panels and related items, please add a comment or email me to add you to the list.  Thanks!