{"id":2757,"date":"2009-12-11T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/solar-panels-from-lowes-or-home-depot.html"},"modified":"2009-12-11T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T14:13:37","slug":"solar-panels-from-lowes-or-home-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/solar-panels-from-lowes-or-home-depot.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar panels from Lowe&#8217;s or Home Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mail.com\/Article.aspx\/science\/0\/APNews\/Science\/20091210\/U_US-DIY-Solar?pageid=1\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/ll.vimg.net\/imagesoa\/cms\/images\/APNews\/Science\/20091210\/US-DIY-Solar-c4b0f4eb-f144-4c37-a4ba-a918560740d9.jpg?width=300&#038;height=2048&#038;type=fm&#038;watermark=&#038;detectface=1&#038;faceratio=&#038;watermarkloc=\"><\/a>\nChris Kahn writes in Mail Times about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mail.com\/Article.aspx\/science\/0\/APNews\/Science\/20091210\/U_US-DIY-Solar?pageid=1\">Solar power coming to a store near you<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nSolar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.\n<p>\nLowe&#8217;s has begun stocking solar panels at its California stores and plans to roll them out across the country next year.\n<p>\nThis shows how far the highest of the high-tech alternative energy technologies has come. Solar power is now accessible to anyone with a ladder, a power drill, and the gumption to climb up on a roof and install the panels themselves.\n<\/blockquote>\nYou can&#8217;t get tham at Lowe&#8217;s of Valdosta yet.\n<p>\nThe article also says Home Depot offers panels on its web pages.\n<p>\nIn either case, to get the Georgia 35% state tax installation rebate you&#8217;d have to have them installed by a certified Georgia solar installer.\n<p>\nEven so, commodity solar panels in doit it yourself stores is a big step.\nIf nothing else, it should keep prices down on panels bought through installers.\n<p>\nAnd if you really want to buy them yourself, what appear to be the same 80 watt Sharp panels Lowe&#8217;s lists on its web pages go for $343 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.affordable-solar.com\/sharp.solar.htm?gclid=CJW3nrbFzp4CFQeenAodWXWusw\">Affordable Solar<\/a> online.\nThe article says Lowe&#8217;s sells 175 watt panels; Home Depot lists those for $997.97. Affordable Solar list them for $594; plus shipping, of course.\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarblvd.com\/product_info.php?info=p897_Sharp-175W-24V-Solar-Panel.html&#038;gclid=CICEtbzFzp4CFQifnAodFjBQsg\">Solar Blvd<\/a> lists them for $541.50.\nOr you can buy panels with more wattage, or more panels.\nIf you want to buy your own solar panels, you can.\n<p>\nYou can also find out your local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsireusa.org\/\">rebates and sales tax exemptions online from DSIRE<\/a>.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Kahn writes in Mail Times about Solar power coming to a store near you: Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install. 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