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Solar Panels: Top 5 things to check before you buy

I share the top five things that are good to know when buying your first solar panels – from my own experience of lurking to find the best deal over a few months

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Happy Earth Day! No discounts on solar panels?!! What the…

Earth day 2011.. somehow, solar panels and wind turbines aren’t part of this celebration… kind of sad…

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A Solar Panel in Every Home?

Sometimes, I just wonder when solar energy can be as common as your dishwasher or a TV in your home.  I simply cannot understand why this cannot be possible… if there’s a will, there’s a way right? With gadgets that allow you to simply point a solar panel to the sun and plug-in to your [...]

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Free renewable energy book (e-book download)

Get a free top selling e-book (on Amazon) about renewable energy – all about what is true and what isn’t.

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DIY – How to create your own solar panel (Video)

How to make your own solar panel – a video (actually 3 parts) that shows the basics of making a solar panel from scratch.. from assembling the frame to connecting solar cells to sealing and to finishing the product. Very useful if you want to make your own!

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Where can I buy Solar Panels?

A very useful list of websites where you can buy solar panels and their accessories like inverters, charge controllers, batteries and more.

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Solar panels + device to plug into AC outlet?

Inverter device allows you to plug in solar panels to it and then feeds that generated power back into your home through your standard wall outlet to save on your electricity bill.

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Solar Tax Credits – Extended! The HR 1424 Bill

The recently passed bailout bill, HR 1424, contains provisions to energize the solar/renewable industry. It gives a 30% credit for residential homeowners who install photovoltaic or solar panel systems in their homes!

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Blackout! The reason for this blog…

Why this blog was born… why Typhoon Ike spurred me to look into independent power generation for future disasters

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