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Solar Investment is Crazy Profitable for Businesses and Good for Homeowners

BySustainMe
[Update. The Inflation Reduction Act 2022 has raised and extended the 30% investment tax credit to qualified investments. There are many limitations and additions. See our Blog post here. This makes all the financial discussions below much more profitable. Also, higher inflation and higher power inflation. The below Article was originally published in Summer of 2020.]
 
SBP has done several detailed financial calculators for analyzing both residential and commercials solar projects. SustainZine has a main web page on Solar Profitability where
we discuss examples from our Solar Profitability Calculators: https://www.sustainzine.com/p/solarinvest.html
… Here are articles – and YouTube videos – discussing
both:
  1. Quick Take on 
    Residential Solar    : Solar
    Invest 2020: Do Good and Save Money Too     … See the video related to
    Residential here:     Solar Residential: Good Investment & Doing Good
  2. Full Financial Analysis: SolarInvest2020:
    Residential Solar is Good, but Commercial Solar can be Crazy Profitable!     …
    See the video related to Commercial/Business here:     Solar for a Business can be Crazy Profitable: Do
    Good by Doing Well
YouTube Video on Residential: Solar Residential: Good Investment & Doing Good https://youtu.be/p0pqg4ZeTjY
Dr Elmer Hall talks about the doing good and making money at
residential Solar. He discusses that subtilties of the financial analysis for a
homeowner, and why it typically is a far better decision than a typical profit
analysis would suggest. #SustainZine #Solar #RenewableEnergy #SBPLan
YouTube Video on Commercial Business: Solar for a
Business can be Crazy Profitable: Do Good by Doing Well https://youtu.be/ulryBkhsKWg

Dr Elmer Hall talks
about the doing good and making money by a business installing Solar. He
discusses the financial analysis for a business and why it probably is such a
great investment. The investment for businesses has huge tax savings. Plus, the
money to pay for power to operate the business is already committed if the
building is used. This is Part 2: See part 1 related to Residential as well.
#SustainZine #Solar #RenewableEnergy #SBPLan #Profitability #CrazyProfitable 

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