{"id":3068,"date":"2016-06-02T09:39:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solairehb.wpengine.com\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2023-07-09T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:19:08","slug":"1100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solairehomebuilders.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/02\/1100\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Solar Panels for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That 30 percent tax credit on solar panels that was supposed to expire this year? It\u2019s been extended, all the way to 2019. I feel like we just got an extension on a term paper \u2014 but if we don\u2019t start writing now, the deadline is going to be here again before we know it.<\/p>\n<p>To get the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/energy.gov\/eere\/sunshot\/downloads\/residential-and-commercial-itc-factsheets&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1461939812743000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7R-BHsz5WDrkCwgBpVjJRBYX7Tg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Investment Tax Credit<\/a>&nbsp;(ITC), we\u2019ve got to get our panels purchased and put up in the next three years. After that, the credit fades out: to 26 percent in 2020, and then to 22 percent in 2021. By 2023, the residential tax credit will be $0. And after that, who knows? We may all be living in egg-shaped, self-reliant, solar-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecocapsule.sk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tiny homes<\/a>. The time really is now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The price of solar panels \u2014 even for top-rated panels from <a class=\"gex-e \" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/go\/t3537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-gexlabel=\"ctainpost\">SolarWorld<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"gex-e \" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/go\/t3538\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-gexlabel=\"ctainpost\">Canadian Solar<\/a> \u2014 is down. It\u2019s fallen by more than 75 percent since 2009, according to prominent environmentalist Bill McKibben.<\/span>&nbsp;This drop reflects increased efficiency, both in the manufacturing process and in the panels themselves. Still, the initial cost of buying and installing a full system, including panels and supporting parts, can run between $10,000 and $40,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/best-solar-panels\/\">Read the Rest Of the Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Originally posted at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/best-solar-panels\/<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That 30 percent tax credit on solar panels that was supposed to expire this year? It\u2019s been extended, all the way to 2019. I feel like we just got an extension on a term paper \u2014 but if we don\u2019t start writing now, the deadline is going to be here again before we know it. 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