Costs and benefits to rooftop solar panels
Marco DelTreste, left, and Arsenio Patricio, of Mercury Solar Systems, install panels on the roof of a home in Newburgh, N.Y. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
The solar panel industry is booming, with the sector of the industry that installs solar panels on homes growing by 5,000% in the last 15 years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. But at the same time, customers are complaining about high-pressure sales tactics and misleading information about the financial benefits of solar.
NPR climate and energy correspondent Jeff Brady joins us to talk about the costs and benefits of rooftop solar.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
