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Solar panels in a store near you: Ikea follows Home Depot

Everybody’s liking Ikea selling solar panels in Britain, but Home Depot’s been doing that in the U.S. for four years now. And yes, you can order them here.

Malin Rising wrote for AP 30 Sep 2013, IKEA starts selling solar panels for homes,

Swedish flat-pack furniture giant IKEA will start selling residential solar panels at its stores in Britain, the first step in its plan to bring renewable energy to the mainstream market worldwide.

The company started selling solar panels made by China’s Hanergy in its store in Southampton on Monday. It will sell them in the rest of Britain in coming months, it said.

A standard, all-black 3.36 kilowatt system for a semi-detached home will cost 5,700 British pounds ($9,200) and will include an in-store consultation and design service as well as installation, maintenance and energy monitoring service.

Way back in December 2009 I blogged that Lowe’s was already selling solar panels and Home Depot, as well. I can’t find any on Lowe’s website at the moment, but Home Depot has kits for a variety of prices; sample in this table: Continue reading →

Solar panel estimate business: Sungevity @ Lowe’s

Maybe some one could start a business like this here.

Wendy Koch wrote in USA Today 16 May 2011, Lowe’s to offer Sungevity solar panel estimates:

Wonder how much solar panels on your home would cost and how much power they’d produce? An easy answer will soon be at hand at Lowe’s home improvement stores in eight U.S. states.

Beginning this summer in California, select Lowe’s stores will have kiosks provided by residential solar company Sungevity. These booths will feature the company’s iQuote system, which uses aerial and satellite imaging to give shoppers a firm installation estimate within 24 hours. The California-based company offers solar leases, which include monitoring, repairs, and a money-back guarantee.

-gretchen

Solar panels from Lowe’s or Home Depot

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.

Lowe’s has begun stocking solar panels at its California stores and plans to roll them out across the country next year.

This 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.

You can’t get tham at Lowe’s of Valdosta yet.

The article also says Home Depot offers panels on its web pages.

In either case, to get the Georgia 35% state tax installation rebate you’d have to have them installed by a certified Georgia solar installer.

Even so, commodity solar panels in doit it yourself stores is a big step. If nothing else, it should keep prices down on panels bought through installers.

And if you really want to buy them yourself, what appear to be the same 80 watt Sharp panels Lowe’s lists on its web pages go for $343 at Affordable Solar online. The article says Lowe’s sells 175 watt panels; Home Depot lists those for $997.97. Affordable Solar list them for $594; plus shipping, of course. Solar Blvd lists them for $541.50. Or you can buy panels with more wattage, or more panels. If you want to buy your own solar panels, you can.

You can also find out your local rebates and sales tax exemptions online from DSIRE.