Hi,
This site has a lot of links to all the info you would need http://www.solar-electric.com/

It also has a discussion forum.

>Hi all.
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>I know this may not be the right place for this question but....
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>I´ve been looking ¨all over the Internet¨ for information about solar energy, i´m tired of looking in search engines, does anyone know where to find a good forum or has information about books or ¨how-to´s¨ about building solar panels.
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>I know this is not the forum for this question, but i´d really appreciate any kind of info.
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>Thanks.
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>Jim.