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Federal Tax Credit for Solar

One of the biggest perks of solar energy is the Federal Tax Credit available upon its installation. At the moment, solar projects get a 3...

SMART Incentives

The Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target, or SMART, is the sixth program designed to incentivize the installation of solar in MA. On Nove...

Maximizing SMART Incentives For Your Solar PV Project

The Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) is an incentive program meant to promote solar installations in Massachusetts. The progr...

Microgrids - A Potential Solution to Energy Resiliency

A Microgrid is a system with the capability to generate power and integrate it with a storage and software interface which can allow the ...

Future Implications of Massachusetts's new Clean Peak Standard

Over the last decade, Massachusetts has established itself as a national leader in clean energy. With some of the most progressive incent...

The SMART Program

On January 11th, The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) released the final regulations for its Solar Massachusetts Renewabl

The Potential Effects of the Suniva Tariff Petition

Over the last ten years, the United States' solar industry has witnessed tremendous growth. Unfortunately, the recent tariff petition ch

Why Solar is Powering More Businesses

Today, commercial property and business owners can find substantial benefits by investing in solar. For starters, rooftop solar photovoltaic

How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Clean Energy Incentives

For print version, click (here) Organizations are installing solar more than ever because 10+% returns on investment are still achievable...

Community Solar and Microgrids

Renewable energy development seems to change faster than it can be developed. Solar energy is no exception. New methods are driven by bot...

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