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 ...

One of the factors driving solar system sales is reduced prices for photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In 2016, prices for PV arrays dropped below $1/W for the first time. Another factor is improved inverter ...

Not everyone uses micro inverters, but they hold some attractive features for solar homeowners. There's a constant debate in the solar industry over whether residential solar systems should use power ...

Solar panels are steadily gaining ground with consumers as a viable renewable energy option for powering one's home. While most people are familiar with solar panels, which are the often large panels ...

Fig 1. String inverters are notoriously unreliable and represent a single point of failure. They typically come with a five-year limited warranty and have to be replaced at least once during the ...

Easing design for rapidly growing solar power applications, Texas Instruments (TI) announces its C2000™ kit that implements a complete grid-tied solar micro inverter based around TI's C2000 Piccolo™ ...

It is hard to believe that it is already 15 years since the introduction of the Feed In Tariff (FiT) and the subsequent mass installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology on our roofs. There is ...