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.
For Lowe's, it's an opening into a new and potentially lucrative DIY business.
"There's definitely a growing market for this with the number of people moving toward energy efficient homes," spokesman Steven Salazar said.
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