Solar energy panel

A solar panel comprising a main body portion and a pair of caps in a mating arrangement at the opposite ends of the main body portion,

• wherein the main body portion comprises an integrated sheet formed from a pair of spaced skins separated by a series of uniformly spaced parallel ribs running the full length of the two skins, each pair of spaced ribs defining a channel for the flow of fluid, said body portion being disposed within said caps, and having a series of adjacent channels,
• each cap comprising (a) a baffle member having a front wall an upper and a lower surface, and a series of adjacent arcuate recesses therein each of which recesses extends inwardly from the front wall thereof, and each of which recesses communicates with a defined plurality of said channels, the baffle member having a thickness equal to the thickness of the main body portion;
• and (b) a pair of skins overlaid on each of the upper and lower surfaces of the baffle member and extending inwardly beyond the recesses to form a slot transverse to said channels for the receipt of the main body portion,
• both of said caps having from zero to two ports therein one port being for the introduction and one port being for the removal of fluid from said panel, the total number of ports being two;
• each of said ports being in fluid communication with a number of channels of the main body portion, said number being equal to 1/2 of the number of channels in fluid communication with each recess.