If you connect your panels to the grid, you won't be responsible for producing all your own energy. That's not the case if you go off the grid.

Here’s a guide to the equipment necessary to generate and store minimal power for a remote property, from the solar panels to the breaker panel.

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Getting solar panels professionally installed can be expensive. If you're on a budget, here's how you can make your own.

But developers from New England to California say problems connecting to the grid is an often-overlooked issue that is strangling new rooftop and community solar projects.

New tax incentives are making the idea of solar panels more enticing, especially with higher electric and heating bills. Here are some things to consider.

Businesses generating their own solar power enter into a billing and metering agreement, called a netmetering agreement, with a local power utility when connecting a photovoltaic system to the grid.

The state of Maine will get more than $65 million in federal funding for so-called “smart grid” technology to more quickly link solar panels and wind turbines to utilities’ electricity systems.

More than 94 percen t of new energy capacity waiting to connect to the grid is carbon-free, primarily solar, wind, and batteries.