TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Components: The frame is a closed frame (78), and the solar module has many corners and each of the first leg and the second leg of the frame have spaced V-shaped cutouts, where one of the V-shaped cut out (92) of the first leg and corresponding one of the V-shaped cut outs of the second leg are at a selected one of the corners of the solar module. The first end and the second end of the closed spacer frame are joined by an arrangement including a corner key, or a tab extending from the base (80) of the frame at the first end of the frame, where the tab is sized to fit between the first leg and the second leg at the second end of the frame. The solar module has four corners designated: corner one, corner two, corner three and corner four, where the first leg has three V-shape cut outs designated as 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3, and the second leg has three V-shape cut outs designated as 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3, in which the V-shape cut outs 1-1 and 2-1 are at the corner one of the solar module, the V-shape cut outs 1-2 and 2-2 are at the corner two of the solar module, the V-shape cut outs 1-3 and 2-3 are at the corner three of the solar module, and the first end and the second end of the closed frame are joined at the fourth corner; or corner one, corner two, corner three and corner four, where the first leg has four V-shape cut outs designated as 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4, and the second leg has four V-shape cut outs designated as 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 and 2-4, in which the V-shape cut outs 1-1 and 2-1 are at the corner one of the solar module, the V-shape cut outs 1-2 and 2-2 are at the corner two of the solar module, the V-shape cut outs 1-3 and 2-3 are at the corner three of the solar module, the V-shaped cut outs 1-4 and 2-4 are at the corner four of the solar module, and the first end and the second end of the closed frame are joined at a position between corner one and corner four of the solar module. The spacer comprises: many spaced protuberances formed on the inner surface of the closed frame, and the protuberances engage the peripheral edge and the marginal edge portions of the solar module to provide the layer of the pliable adhesive and/or moisture resistant sealant with a uniform predetermined thickness; or edge of the first leg and of the second leg bent toward one another over the base and engaging surface of the solar module to provide the layer of the pliable adhesive and/or moisture resistant sealant with a uniform thickness between the first leg and the second leg of the closed frame and the solar module. The spacer further comprises edge of the first leg and edge of the second leg bent toward one another over the base and engaging outer surfaces of the solar module to provide the layer of the pliable adhesive and/or a moisture resistant sealant with a uniform predetermined thickness between the first leg and the second leg of the closed frame and the solar module. The energy converter of the solar module is many solar cells to convert the solar energy to electric energy. In the framed solar module (I), each of the cut outs of the first leg and of the second leg has a first sloping surface and an opposite second sloping surface, where the distance between the first sloping surface and the second sloping surface of the cut outs of the first leg and of the second leg decreases as the distance from the base decreases, the first sloping surface and the second sloping surface of the cut outs of the first leg and second leg terminates at a spaced distance from the base of the frame defined as a termination edge, a first portion of the first leg and a second portion of the second leg between the base of the frame and the termination edge of the first leg and the second leg respectively, the first portion of the cut outs of the first leg has a first weakening fine extending from the first sloping surface to the base, a second weakening line extending from second sloping surface to the base, and a third weakening line, in which the distance between the first weakening line and second weakening line of the first portions of the first leg decreases as the distance from the base decreases, and the first weakening line and the second weakening line meet at the base, and the third weakening line extends from the jointure of the first and second weakening line to the edge of the first portion, and the second portion of the cut outs of the second leg has a first weakening line extending from the first sloping surface of the cut outs of the second leg to the base of the frame, a second weakening line extending from second sloping surface of the cut outs of the second leg to the base, and a third weakening line, in which the distance between the first weakening line and second weakening line of the second portion of the cut outs of the second leg decreases as the distance from the base decreases, and the first weakening line and the second weakening line of the second portion of the cut outs of the second leg meet at the base of the frame, and the third weakening line of the second portion of the cut outs of the second leg extends from the jointure of the first and second weakening line of the second portion to the termination edge of the second portion, and with the frame wrapped around the solar module, the first portion of each of the cutouts of the first leg, and the second portion of each of the cutouts of the second leg, are bent toward each other over the base. The frame is shaped from a single piece of metal coil stock to have a cross-section comprising the first leg member, the second leg member having one side joined to the first leg member and an opposite side of the second member joined to a segment of the piece sized to form the third leg member and the retention leg member, where the segment of the piece and the first leg member are in facing relationship to one another and spaced from one another, the segment is bent back along its length to provide the third leg member and the first sub frame, and a portion of the bent back member extends beyond the second leg member of the first sub frame and remaining portion of the segment is shaped to lie in the second plane. The solar module has four corners and the single piece of metal coil stock has a V-shaped cut out for at least three corners in the first leg member and has a diamond shaped cut out for at least three corners in the third leg member. In the framed solar module (II), a third portion of the single piece of metal coil stock designated to provide the retention leg member has a cut out to separate the retention leg members at the corners of the solar module. The framed solar module (II) is a framed solar module of a stack of framed solar modules and each of the framed solar modules in the stack comprises a retention leg member and the cavity provided by the retention leg member, where lower most framed solar module of the stack of framed solar module is mounted on a loading block with the loading block in the cavity of the lower most framed solar module provided by the retention leg member of the lower most framed solar module, and the remaining framed solar modules mounted one on top of the other with the sub frame of the bottom retention leg member in the cavity formed by the retention leg members of the upper framed solar module. The frame is a closed framed and the second leg member is continuous from the first end to the second end. The solar module has at least one corner and a glass sheet, and the first leg member and the third leg member of the first sub frame at the corner has a modified cut out, where the modified cut out has a first sloping surface and an opposite second sloping surface, the distance between the first sloping surface and the second sloping surface of the modified cut out decreases as the distance from the second leg member decreases, the first sloping surface and the second sloping surface of the modified cut outs terminates at a spaced distance from the second leg member of the first sub frame defined as a termination edge, first portion of the first leg member and a second portion of the third leg member between the second leg member of the sub frame and the termination edge of the first leg member and the third leg member respectively, the first portion of the modified cut outs of the first leg member having a first weakening line extending from the first sloping surface to the second leg member, a second weakening line extending from second sloping surface to the second leg member, and a third weakening line, the distance between the first weakening line and second weakening fine of the first portions of the first leg member decreases as the distance from the second leg member decreases, and the first weakening line and the second weakening line meet at the second leg member, and the third weakening line extends from the jointure of the first and second weakening line to the edge of the first portion, and the second portion of the modified cut outs of the third leg member having a first weakening line extending from the first sloping surface of the modified cut outs of the third leg member to the second leg member of the first sub frame, a second weakening line extending from second sloping surface of the cut outs of the third leg to the second leg member, and a third weakening line, the distance between the first weakening line and second weakening line of the second portion of the modified cut outs of the third leg decreases as the distance from the second leg member decreases, and the first weakening line and the second weakening fine of the second portion of the modified cut outs of the third leg member meet at the second leg member of the first sub frame, and the third weakening line of the second portion of the modified cut outs of the third leg extends from the jointure of the first and second weakening line of the second portion to the termination edge of the second portion, and with the first sub frame wrapped around the solar module, the first portion of each of the modified cutouts of the first leg member, and the second portion of each of the modified cutouts of the third leg member, are bent toward each other over the second leg member. The cavity formed by the retention leg member is a continuous walled cavity, where the leg retention members provide the wall.