Archive for the 'Solar Politics' Category
Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit Passes
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC for short) has passed, and better, it’s been renewed until 2016, and they increased the caps on how much you can claim for the credit. This is great news, but especially for solar energy as dozens of very large products were waiting to see if that went [...]
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The Importance of the ITC
Monday, July 21st, 2008
The Investment Tax Credit is the major US Federal incentive for Solar Energy in the US. The most basic description of it would be that it’s a 30% tax credit on the installation of a Solar Power system. The credit is worth up to $2000 for individuals, and with no cap for businesses provided [...]
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Intersolar 2008 Update
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Short update here - I’m going to document what I’ve been picking up here, and some of it will be posted on the blog. I’m amazed at the quality of the presenters and presentations. A few highlights:
The ITC is a huge concern, it’s looking like it might not pass which will impact the US solar [...]
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