Category: Battery Backup

Maryland wants to give you thousands of dollars
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Maryland wants to give you thousands of dollars

The state of Maryland wants to give away $750,000 in tax credits to homeowners ($300,000) and businesses ($450,000) that add battery backup storage to new or existing solar installations.  Under the terms of the state’s Energy Storage Income Tax Credit Program, tax credits are to be distributed on a first come, first served basis –…

A TRULY AMAZING YEAR!
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A TRULY AMAZING YEAR!

Nearly everyone involved in the solar industry expected 2019 to be a great year.  It was, and then some.  Cutting the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) from 30 percent to 26 percent in 2020 got lots of fence-sitters to decide now was the time to go solar. As a result, nearly every segment of the solar…

Solar Storage 101
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Solar Storage 101

Storage is the hot topic throughout the solar industry. More and more manufacturers and distributors are coming online with all the components, including batteries, charge controllers and inverters. More and more states (Maryland is just one example) are offering subsidies or other incentives for adding storage capability to a home or business solar installation. That’s…

Adding battery backup storage to your solar system pays. (Literally.)
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Adding battery backup storage to your solar system pays. (Literally.)

The segment of the solar industry that’s shown the most activity and interest over the past few years has been “storage.” We’ve received a lot of interest in this subject, and that makes sense. There are thousands of residential solar systems installed in the past 10 years, and the owners want to explore the option of adding battery backup for times…