For many homeowners, installing rooftop solar panels seems like a smart idea to reduce electricity bills, but the upfront cost and installation complexity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plug-in solar panels, like this one seen on the side of a house in Baltimore, Md., are an increasingly popular means of generating ...

Across the United States, renters and condo owners are testing small “balcony solar” kits to chip away at rising electric bills. Instead of a full rooftop array, these plug-in panels perch on a ...

On a sunny, early summer morning, Matthew Milner waited in his driveway in the Berkeley hills. It was his solar install day, and he was excited. He greeted the installers and walked them around to the ...

California legislators are weighing a plan that could finally let renters get in on the solar game without touching a rooftop. The proposal would allow apartment dwellers to use small plug‑in "balcony ...

The $2,000 plug-in solar system installed on Dwyer’s backyard deck in March consists of two 400 watt panels, an inverter, a smart meter and a circuit breaker. It saves him around $35 per month on his ...

When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been ...

Bhavin Misra, left, and his son, Rumi, 10, assemble a Craftstrom Solar plug-in kit at their home Aug. 5 in Houston. When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel ...

A fatal crash has closed the northbound lanes on I-45 near Louetta Road as reported by Harris County Pct. 4 constable deputies. Read full article: 17-year-old shot and killed in east Harris County ...

The boiler emits a low, vibrating noise that residents say can be heard at all hours and even rattles their windows ‘You can feel it in your body’: Residents complain of loud window-rattling noise ...