{"id":27112,"date":"2023-02-07t19:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-07t19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.planetforward.com\/2023\/02\/07\/illinois-offers-strong-financial-motives-to-install-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22t19:31:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22t19:31:19","slug":"illinois-offers-strong-financial-motives-to-install-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/illinois-offers-strong-financial-motives-to-install-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"illinois offers strong financial motives to install solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
by laura simmons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n businesses in illinois are increasingly looking to solar panels to cut down on operational costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n anthony turano, the owner of turano baking company, said the installation of solar panels on the company\u2019s fleet maintenance facility in berwyn, illinois where they maintain delivery vehicles, was completed mid-december, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cwe’re always looking to continually improve,\u201d turano said. \u201cour organization looked at different ways that we can try different technologies. solar, wind have continually come up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n solid income tax incentives drove the decision rather than environmental concerns, turano said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n the current financial incentives to install solar panels in illinois are strong, prompting people and businesses to install solar panels without strong environmental motivations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n homeowners and commercial businesses installing solar systems on their property are entitled to 30% of the entire project cost as a federal income tax credit under the solar investment tax credit<\/a>, extended under the 2022 inflation reduction act.<\/a> illinois has a further financial incentive through renewable energy credits<\/a>, or srecs. under this program, the individual or company earns an srec for every megawatt-hour of solar energy produced. a megawatt-hour is equal to 1,000 kilowatts of electricity used continuously for one hour. energy companies then buy these srecs so they can claim renewable energy production and offer it to people looking for renewable energy alternatives. <\/p>\n\n\n
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