Solar Panels

Eight of the best sites for buying solar panels or learning about them. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. MrSolar.com - Offers solar panels by size or wattage, including solar panels from BP Solar, Sharp, SolarWorld, Sanyo, Matrix, Mitsubishi Electric, Southwest PV, Kyocera Solar, GE Energy, Photon Solar Panels, Sunwize Solar, Uni-Solar, Yingli Solar, SunTech, SolCharger and ALPS. Offers individual solar panels and panels bought in bulk quantities. (www.mrsolar.com)

2. How Solar Cells Work - Article details the “how” behind solar panels and discusses current technology and cost considerations involved with increasing the use of solar panels to create electricity. (www.howstuffworks.com)

3. Town Decrees Solar Panels Ugly, Family Fights Back - March 27, 2007 blog post comments on the efforts a Scarsdale, New York family had to go through to use solar panels on their home’s roof after neighbors complained about the panels’ unattractiveness. (groovygreen.com)

4. Solar Panels at OceanFan.com - Offers solar panels (technically photovoltaic modules) of varying sizes and wattages, including 10 watt, 60 watt, 120 watt, 155 watt, 170 watt and 200 watt. (www.oceanfan.com)

5. Gore Fights Zoning Laws for Solar Panels - March 22, 2007 story on former vice president Al Gore’s desire to have solar panels installed on the roof of his Nashville area home, and the necessity for local ordinances to be changed in order for him to do so. (www.knoxnews.com)

6. SolarEnergy.com - Distributor of GE and BP Solar solar panels and related solar products. (www.solarenergy.com)

7. Build Your Own Solar Panel - If you don’t want to buy solar panels, you could always buy this book that tells you how to make them yourself. (www.goodideacreative.com)

8. AT&T Park Installing 590 Solar Panels - March 22, 2007 article on San Francisco’s baseball stadium AT&T Park installing solar panels on the outside of the park to generate electricity that will be used in the city’s power grid. There is some controversy because energy company PG&E wants to pass on the cost of buying and installing the solar panels to its customers throughout the area. (www.sfgate.com)