From keeping your phone charged to powering your whole home, here are my top picks for power stations and solar generators ...

We also installed roof jacks (to hold up the solar array) and then a new composite shingle roof. Finally, in July, we put in a whole-house cooling fan and whole-house heat-recirculating system (as ...

However, attaching a solar battery bank gives you real energy independence. Without solar batteries, even a house covered in ... grid and would be useful for backup power or for enrolling in ...