CleanTechnica » sebastopol http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar Panels The New Granite Countertops, But Not For Long… http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/27/solar-panels-new-granite-countertops-long/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/27/solar-panels-new-granite-countertops-long/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:43:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58308 Originally published on Cost of Solar. Home solar panels are “the new granite countertops,” according to Tom Werner, CEO of US-based SunPower, one of the largest solar panel companies in the world. What does that mean? That means that, for an increasing number of new homeowners, solar panels are becoming an add-on right from the beginning. Furthermore,

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