Solar panels are generally quite reliable. Many owners don't experience technical faults in over a decade of ownership. Nearly seven in 10 owners had had no problems with their solar panels in our ...

On the whole, solar panel systems tend to be pretty low maintenance. As one owner explained, you simply 'fit and forget'. But if your solar PV system does have problems, it can mean it stops producing ...

The dream of clean, free energy from the sun seemed perfect three years ago. Solar panels promised to slash electricity bills ...

Make energy while the sun shines — that’s what we expect of a photovoltaic (PV) system (see Components of a PV System). So if the sun is out but the system isn’t producing to capacity, there’s a ...

Federal grid watchdogs are raising alarm bells over a solar panel design flaw that could result in power outages nationwide if not addressed, based on the results of a near year-long investigation ...

This is where the essential part of a residential solar system comes into play: a solar inverter. A solar inverter takes the electricity your solar panels make and turns it into electricity the ...

Inverter issues have hit production at the two New South Wales solar farms being offered for sale by the listed solar investor New Energy Solar. The company announced on Tuesday that the output from ...