Sunlight has to hit solar panels for those panels to turn energy into electricity. As simple as it sounds, that means the angle of your solar panels matters a lot. The problem is that the sun doesn't ...

In the first articles of our “Solar 101” series, (Is my roof ready for solar?) and (Attaching your solar system to your roof) we discussed how the age and physical characteristics of a roof can affect ...

When it comes to solar power, not all roofs are created equal. Some face the wrong way, are angled poorly, fall under a tree’s shade or abut a taller building. And some have everything right but the ...

In a conventional flat plate solar cell under direct sunlight, light is received from the solar disk, but is re-emitted isotropically. This isotropic emission corresponds to a significant entropy ...