Can going green by leasing solar panels for your roof cost you money — or headaches — when you go to sell the house? Possibly both. Say you get pitched by one of the growing number of companie ...

The house can get energy from the grid when there is no sun or inclement weather and feed energy back to the grid where this is allowed. A diagram showing how a solar panel/battery system works.

However, a company called Enphase says it has created a product that can let your house run directly off its solar panels if they're producing, though it comes with some caveats. Shouldn’t solar ...

As spring brings about longer, sunnier days, you may want to consider harnessing the sun's energy to power your house. But given that installing solar panels is a major — not to mention costly ...