Below is a very cool video from the awesome Discovery Channel Series How its Made, it shows in detail just how a retail solar panel is manufactured.

You can now make your own solar panels at home, you don’t need to have all the equipment illustrated in the above video to produce working, effective solar panels, best of all you can build them for a couple of hundred bucks! when you consider the cost of the type of panels you see in the video can run into the thousands to power your home, its worth giving a diy solar panel a try.

Want to know how to build your own solar panels at home? well check out the following link for a review of the best diy solar power kits available. DIY Solar Power Kits Reviewed