Lowes 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 Lowes, its an opening into a new and potentially lucrative DIY business.
“Theres definitely a growing market for this with the number of people moving toward energy efficient homes,” spokesman Steven Salazar said.
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“The more windmills there are, the better, and the more solar panels,” Turner said in an interview. “The field is wide open. This is a startup, like cable TV was 40 years ago.”
Turner, the former vice chairman of Time Warner Inc., is the 376th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion, according to Forbes magazine. It has also called him the largest individual landholder in the U.S.
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