Let?s consider where and how to place solar panels. The most traditional place is the roof of your building because obviously that?s the widest and flattest section that will capture the most sunlight. An easy way to remember how much energy a solar panel will generate is to just remember that the more sunlight exposure a panel has the more electricity it will be able to generate. So we want to place these panels in an unshaded portion of your roof. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, place the panels on a southern facing portion of your roof. If these conditions do not apply to you, don?t stress. You can still install solar panels on top of a carport or integrated into existing structures. This technique even has a fancy name: Building Integrated Photovoltaics (or BIPV for short). Some people have even installed homemade solar panels over their patio as an additional means of providing shade! When it comes to solar panels, as with everything else, where there?s a will there?s definitely a way.