{"id":3226,"date":"2022-08-29T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:38:32","slug":"5-ways-solar-is-paying-off-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/5-ways-solar-is-paying-off-for-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways Solar Benefits For Business Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solar Benefits for Business Owners – There\u2019s never been a better time for business owners to install solar. Whether you\u2019re a small business owner considering a system for your rooftop or a commercial building owner looking to lease out a rooftop array, here\u2019s five reasons solar is a hot investment.<\/p>\n

Solar Benefits for Business Owners And Business Tax Credits<\/h2>\n

The Solar Investment Tax Credit<\/a> is a dollar for dollar reduction that applies to both residential and commercial properties. Businesses that begin construction on solar systems in 2022 will receive a 26% tax credit, those that begin in \u201823 will receive a 22% credit and from \u201824 forward a permanent 10% credit applies. Solar has been a huge contributor to the American economy, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and generating billions of dollars here at home since \u201806 when the credit began.<\/p>\n

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Reduce Overhead<\/h3>\n

Is your accountant getting on you about those fluctuating energy bills? Solar\u2019s financial benefits go beyond the tax credit. Defray that upfront investment cost with the tax credit and then benefit
\nfrom the reduced energy bills. Solar owners have proven to reduce energy bills up to 75%. You\u2019ll experience even more financial benefit from the next item.<\/p>\n

Net Metering<\/h3>\n

If you end up going solar, it will make financial sense to tie into the grid<\/a>. Net metering is a billing mechanism<\/a> that credits you for any excess electricity that you add back to the grid. On those sunny days where your cells store up energy that you don\u2019t need, that energy is sent back into the grid and credited back to you as an energy producer. On average, only about 20-40% of a solar system\u2019s energy goes into the grid. With net metering, all that electricity can serve nearby customer\u2019s loads and you can make a return. Talk about efficiency!<\/p>\n

Rooftop Leasing<\/h3>\n

If your rooftop meets your state\u2019s required specifications, you might be able to lease it out for a community solar project. As of now, 22 states and Washington DC have enabled projects for
\ncommunity solar<\/a>. The U.S. Department of Energy defines this as any solar project or program in which the benefits of a solar project flow to multiple customers, such as individuals, businesses,
\nnonprofits and other groups.<\/p>\n

Customers in a solar community buy or lease a percentage of the panels in that array and receive a credit for the electricity generated by the system as if it had been installed in their
\nhome. Solar communities allow people who otherwise cannot benefit from solar energy because of financial or geographic issues limitations to do so. Meanwhile, the business owner can benefit from a passive income stream with no additional capital expenditures.<\/p>\n

Reduce your carbon footprint<\/h3>\n

Solar is a sustainable energy source<\/a> which means it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is also renewable and non-
\npolluting. By investing in solar as opposed to other energy sources, you are reducing your carbon footprint. You are doing the earth a solid! Do some research on rooftop leasing and if you find your rooftop qualifies, you can help even more!<\/p>\n

Contact us<\/a> any time to ask us questions about anything and everything solar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s never been a better time for business owners to install solar. Whether you\u2019re a small business owner considering a system for your rooftop or a commercial building owner looking to lease out a rooftop array, here\u2019s five reasons solar is a hot investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[245,244,243,241,242],"class_list":["post-3226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-energy","category-solar-business","tag-net-metering-advantages-for-businesses","tag-reduce-business-energy-costs-with-solar","tag-rooftop-solar-leasing-opportunities","tag-solar-benefits-for-business-owners","tag-solar-investment-tax-credit-for-businesses"],"post_priority":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5484,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions\/5484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunhub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}