SAN DIEGO — The United States is poised to become the world’s largest user of solar power in the next decade, experts say, thanks in part to Silicon Valley innovation and the country’s vast land area and amount of sunshine.
Removal of $2,000 cap on Federal Tax Credit and Louisiana’s Renewable Energy Tax Credit creates 80% tax rebate enabling Louisianans to “Geaux Solar”
Often described as the sleeping giant of renewable energy, solar heating technologies have been a woefully overlooked option to massively increase the renewable contribution to energy supply. However, with superb efficiency and a wide range of applications, the technologies that make up the solar thermal sector are indeed making inroads to the market.
Louisiana CleanTech Network, Louisiana Technical College Jefferson Campus Partner to Offer NABCEP Entry-level Solar Electric System Training Course
Not only were these credits extended, but the Federal Government has lifted the $2,000 cap and will now pay a full 30% of the total cost of your solar system, in addition to Louisiana’s already amazing 50% credit! That’s free money from the government to the tune of 80% of whatever solar PV or [...]
Yesterday, in addition to passing the once-doomed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, otherwise known as “the bailout,” the Senate and House did a very good thing: Lawmakers extended and modified the federal investment tax credit for residential and commercial solar energy development.
Late last year, by a vote of 263 to 171, the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic legislation that extends the 30-percent federal investment tax credit for both residential and commercial solar installations for 8 years. This landmark legislation is part of H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, designed to address the [...]
