How solar aids the environment

The increased utilization of solar energy is an enormous benefit to the long-term health of the earth’s ecosystems. Renewable energy is a practical, affordable solution for our electricity needs. By ramping up renewable energy, we can:
Reduce air pollution
Cut global warming emissions
Create new jobs and industries
Diversify our power supply
Decrease dependence on coal and other fossil fuels
Move America toward a cleaner, healthier energy future The technology currently exists to reliably produce nearly half of our electricity from renewable energy sources within the next 20 years, and 80 percent by 2050.

Solar energy you can count on for millennia

Solar energy is growing rapidly, with record numbers of new wind and solar installations coming online in the US every year. It will be relatively easy to continue this rapid expansion of renewable energy by utilizing existing technologies, investing in improvements to our electricity system, and making smart policy decisions that move the country toward a clean energy future.

Government incentives spur the solar revolution

Government incentives can be an important tool to speed deployment and reduce costs for clean energy technologies. Recently, there has been modest federal support for renewables like wind and solar power, but it pales in comparison to the large government subsidies that continue to prop up coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.
We need a fair and stable federal tax policy for renewable energy that will attract new investments and maintain the strong growth that renewables have experienced in recent years.

Production Tax Credit

The Production Tax Credit (PTC)—a federal incentive that provides crucial financial support for the first ten years of a renewable energy facility's operation—offers a great example of the benefits of establishing smart government policies for renewable energy. The power lines, transformers, and control stations that comprise our current energy grid are old, increasingly unreliable, and not adequate to handle a significant increase in renewable energy.
We must improve our nation’s electrical grid, as well as construct the transmission infrastructure needed to connect renewable energy facilities to cities and regions with high power demand.

There has never been a better time to install a solar energy system!

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