Build Your Own Solar Panels

This is a sign of the times in more ways than one. Thieves are using Google Earth to locate solar panel arrays in remote areas of California according to a recent NPR report. Read more about solar panel theft >>>

Companies in China have created a glut in the solar panel market that has pushed down prices.  Experts are predicting that the low prices will be temporary.  Panels are even being shipped from one importing country to another as governments make changes to tax incentives.

What does this mean to people who want to build their own solar panels?   I guess it means that you need to watch the solar panel prices regularly.  The professional solar panel installers are probably not lowering their prices much, but retailers of ready made panels may have some deals.

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The title of this post is a rhetorical question. Most of us know that nature is capable of destroying just about anything humans can build. Most of us also sleep well knowing that most of the time it doesn’t. More about storm damage to solar panels...