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The 26% solar tax credit is still available to US taxpayers - but only for the rest of this year.

One of the biggest reasons people are switching to solar power right now is to take advantage of very generous government incentives before they end.

Check out Solar Goals' guide to how the federal solar tax credit works, how it has helped the solar industry grow exponentially, and how it can significantly increase your savings when you switch to solar power. ☀️

https://www.solargoals.org/taxcredit

How Solar Tax Credits Work Learn how the federal tax credit can significantly lower your cost to go solar.

This is the second week of in Glasgow, where world leaders are deciding the future of our planet and humanity. The scale of the climate crisis is absolutely daunting, with all estimates showing our current path catapulting above necessary emissions targets. This decade (between 2020 and 2030) is regarded as our last chance to switch to renewable energy fast enough to limit warming to 1.5° C (2.7° F). On our current path, we will reach warming close to 3° or 4°C (5.4° - 7.2°F), a future in which large parts of the world will be unlivable for humans.

How do we reduce emissions and save our planet?

Problematic emissions come from burning fuels like coal, oil, and gas. Sources of power that do NOT involve burning a fuel (like harvesting solar and wind, or using nuclear fission) do not emit warming greenhouse gases. Most people think that an electric appliance or car is automatically clean because it runs on electricity - but the way electricity is produced is not always clean. Dirty power production is the biggest contributor to global warming worldwide, responsible for about 26% of all global emissions. The biggest and most important step to reaching Net Zero is cleaning up the way we make our power. Replacing coal and gas plants with wind, solar, and nuclear is the only way forward.

Going solar has never been more affordable, more efficient, or more important.

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Follow Solar Goals for a look inside the rooftop solar industry, tutorials and reviews of my own rooftop system, and educational content about how solar can save the world while saving everyone money.
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Happy ! ☀️☀️ The longest days of the year are when my solar panels are living their best life. I love watching how my production changes from season to season, and I can even see how weather patterns affect my system minute by minute in the solar monitoring app. Just for kicks, I compared production on a sunny day this week to a sunny day during the week of the Winter Solstice (both actual solstice days were rainy here).
You can see that during summer days, my panels often produce more power than I need. When that happens, I sell that extra power back and bank up credits on my power bill (labeled Net Exported). Then during months with less sunlight, those summer credits can roll over to the fall and winter! In the end, I only pay for my “Net” usage - a process called Net Metering. Check out my video on Net Metering for the full breakdown!