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A worker inspecting solar panels on a rooftop.

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Solar homes can fail final inspection on sticker placement under 2023 code, owners say

Mounted solar panels on a flat roof.

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Atlanta's Spanx HQ to add 227-panel rooftop solar array under no-upfront-cost deal

A food truck.

Tech

Solar lights for a food trailer sound easy, until winter, wattage, and batteries pile up

A person working on installing a solar panel.

Tech

DIY solar owners say the urge to upgrade can wreck a system's payback

A house with solar panels.

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DIY solar owner goes 10 days off-grid, produces nearly 750 kWh, and reports 'zero hiccups'

An aerial view of a residential neighborhood.

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UK region opens no-cost group-buying program for rooftop solar, battery storage

A person using a wire cutter on a solar panel cable.

Tech

Parent finds school solar panels in a dumpster, learns the cut wires are an easy fix

A worker installing solar panels.

Business

Virginia rooftop solar backers fear $67 million utility merger could slash savings

Power lines stretch across a flat landscape with distant mountains under a clear sky.

Business

New Zealand consumers 'really annoyed' as power firms bank billions, and bills keep rising

A person holds a solar panel in a warehouse with shelves stocked with boxes.

Business

Arizona cuts rooftop solar export rate for seventh straight year, shrinking homeowner credits

A person handles documents next to a solar panel on a table.

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Homebuyer pays to transfer solar access, gets bounced between companies, and is left in limbo

A solar power inverter and a power meter.

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Home solar buyer asks if a battery is worth it, while others say start with a hybrid inverter