All Entries in the "Solar" Category
Incentives and Rebates
ITC Extended for 8-Years (10.7.08) The investment Tax Credits finally became law. The commercial tax credits were extended for 8 years until 2016. The residential tax credits are where the real news is, however. The residential tax credits were also extended for 8 years but they are a full 30% of the solar system cost. [...]
Evaluating Solar Leases
Residential Leases and PPAs Heritage Solar has evaluated a number of leases. For the most part, they are very good for the leasing company and very bad for you. Instead of trading a payment to the Utility for a payment to a leasing company, you can buy your system which equates to a much better [...]
Solar Monitoring
Heritage Solar has teamed with Mysolarstats to provide System Monitoring. In addition to providing real time statistics regarding the health of the system, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly data are available. A $600 investment for our monitoring solution allows you to view your current solar production and history from any internet connection in the [...]
Solar Economics
Perfect Timing Declining manufacturing costs, and very generous California cash rebates have made investing in solar electric power systems more financially attractive than ever. The California Energy Commission presently offers a cash rebate which covers 20% of the installed systems cost and in 2009, there is an 8 year extension to the residential tax credit. [...]
