IRE Solar is launching new solar electric systems in Gainesville, Florida and all across Florida. International Renewable Energy is now offering a high quality, affordable solar system for your home or business.
We are launching a $16,000 5 kilowatt (5 kW) solar system as part of the Gainesville Feed-In Tariff program. IRE Solar will also have a base $16,000 solar system for anywhere in Florida.
With a solar system of high quality at this price, a 30% Federal Tax Credit for all individuals and businesses means that this system is actually $11,200 after this Tax Credit. Factor in local incentives, additional tax breaks/credits, and your solar system can pay for itself many times over in the 30 year lifespan.
The price of electricity is rising rapidly, with most electrical utilities increasing their prices about 3% to 7% per year. A solar system is a smart investment to help offset these high electricity costs since solar is free! Your solar system can pay for itself in a few years, and with such a long warranty of 25 years to 30 years, your solar system will literally save you thousands upon thousands of dollars over the lifetime of the system.
Visit our website at www.IREsolar.com.
Post by Eric Layton
Located in Gainesville, FL - We provide affordable solar power solutions to North Florida.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Going Strong with Solar Thermal
Sunny day to everyone in Florida! We are having record heat waves in Gainesville, Florida and areas around North Florida. The sun has been shining and is perfect weather for solar!
In the past few months we have been installing solar thermal systems for many interested customers, including several pool heaters.
In the past few months we have been installing solar thermal systems for many interested customers, including several pool heaters.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Thanks to all of our new Gainesville clients!
To our new customers, we say thank you:
We would like to thank all of our customers in Gainesville who have taken advantage of this years GRU (Gainesville Regional Utilities, solar-photovoltaic Feed-In-Tariff program. You have made the first step in increasing the value of your home or illuminating your business for a bright future with solar. By choosing IRE Solar, you have made a smart first step as it is our goal that your solar system work for you. We look forward to making this decision pay off for each of you. For any information please contact our customer service personnel directly at (602)524-1265.
If you live in the Gainesville area:
If you are, or have ever considered investing in a solar electric system at your home or business, we strongly encourage you to call us today to get you set up in this amazing incentive program. It is risk free and is currently the best option available in this area for making an investment of your solar electric systems, instead of just an expensive home addition or business write-off. Even if you are just curious about taking advantage of this feed-in-tariff program in Gainesville, call us and we'll help you to understand your options, rights, and allow you to choose for yourself what is best for you. Whether you are going to use our products or services or will be working with our local competition, please take advantage of our free information and amazing customer service and let us help you to make the right decisions about solar.
When choosing IRE Solar:
You risk nothing if you fail to be approved for the FIT program, and for a limited time, we will walk you through the steps to get you on your way to a brighter, and smarter future with smart renewable energy technologies. This is the best program available to Gainesville residents and businesses who are make strives to go green, to reduce their impact on the environment, reduce need for foreign oil, but most of all to brighten business or to invest in the future of the home and family.
For those of you who will miss this Feed-In-Tariff program:
There will be more in the future so don't put off the idea entirely. We encourage taking advantage of incentive programs like this in the future and are here to help educate the public on ways to make renewable energy options make sense. Either way, please call IRE Solar today for more information or sign on to receive notifications on: future incentives, sales offers, community cooperative programs and news on the world renewable energy from new product information to ways of enhancing your existing systems.
For more information:
If you would like to know more please call, email or visit our websites for the latest information on incentive programs at www.IRESolar.com or www.BestSolarBuy.com.
We would like to thank all of our customers in Gainesville who have taken advantage of this years GRU (Gainesville Regional Utilities, solar-photovoltaic Feed-In-Tariff program. You have made the first step in increasing the value of your home or illuminating your business for a bright future with solar. By choosing IRE Solar, you have made a smart first step as it is our goal that your solar system work for you. We look forward to making this decision pay off for each of you. For any information please contact our customer service personnel directly at (602)524-1265.
If you live in the Gainesville area:
If you are, or have ever considered investing in a solar electric system at your home or business, we strongly encourage you to call us today to get you set up in this amazing incentive program. It is risk free and is currently the best option available in this area for making an investment of your solar electric systems, instead of just an expensive home addition or business write-off. Even if you are just curious about taking advantage of this feed-in-tariff program in Gainesville, call us and we'll help you to understand your options, rights, and allow you to choose for yourself what is best for you. Whether you are going to use our products or services or will be working with our local competition, please take advantage of our free information and amazing customer service and let us help you to make the right decisions about solar.
When choosing IRE Solar:
You risk nothing if you fail to be approved for the FIT program, and for a limited time, we will walk you through the steps to get you on your way to a brighter, and smarter future with smart renewable energy technologies. This is the best program available to Gainesville residents and businesses who are make strives to go green, to reduce their impact on the environment, reduce need for foreign oil, but most of all to brighten business or to invest in the future of the home and family.
For those of you who will miss this Feed-In-Tariff program:
There will be more in the future so don't put off the idea entirely. We encourage taking advantage of incentive programs like this in the future and are here to help educate the public on ways to make renewable energy options make sense. Either way, please call IRE Solar today for more information or sign on to receive notifications on: future incentives, sales offers, community cooperative programs and news on the world renewable energy from new product information to ways of enhancing your existing systems.
For more information:
If you would like to know more please call, email or visit our websites for the latest information on incentive programs at www.IRESolar.com or www.BestSolarBuy.com.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
The five things everyone should know about solar (photovoltaics).
IRE Solar recently polled homeowners and local businesses in Gainesville, Florida and found that only 10% of people polled knew about the Feed-in-Tariff program that GRU (Gainesville Regional Utilities; Gainesville's local power provider) offers. This information is shocking because Gainesville is internationally recognized as a 'green pioneer' and an example to the world of how programs like this can work to help families and small businesses benefit and profit from renewable energy technologies.
1. Net-Metering
Most of the time the solar systems that people own generate electricity that is delivered directly back into the grid (the power company; the existing power infrastructure, i.e. power lines, transformers, etc.). Net-metering is when the power company pays dollar-for-dollar for the electricity created by solar, wind or any other grid-tied alternative power generation systems. This means that any electricity that is generated by these grid-tied system will in essence “turn back” the meter on the power used within a home or business providing positive credit from the utility company.
2. Feed-in-Tariff
This program is being adopted around the planet and it seems to have the greatest potential value towards the end-users in small, medium, large and even power production capacities. It is just like net-metering, but instead of dollar-for-dollar, the power company pays more for the power produced by the grid-tied system. In Gainesville, Florida the feed-in-tariff program, or FIT Program as it is also known, is currently providing $0.32 per kilowatt hour produced by newly installed systems. In most cases, the average price paid by the consumer is around $0.12 per kilowatt hour. Over time this type of program provides the opportunity for investors to make money on their systems, not just save money on utility bills. The best time to buy a solar system is when your local utility company sponsors incentive programs like this. The best incentive program on the market right now, hands down, is the feed-in-tariff.
3. Government Subsidies
Sometimes state and local governments sponsor programs that offer subsidies for families or businesses that are interested in investing in solar or other renewable energy endeavors. These subsidies and programs vary greatly, but these programs enhance the value of a renewable energy investments. For more information on potential programs in your state and local area, please refer to the DSIRE chart on our website at www.iresolar.com or www.bestbuysolar.com.
4. Tax Incentives
IRE highly recommends that if you are interested in investing in a solar system, or similar renewable energy technology, you should meet with a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to start the process. There are many tax related ways of minimizing the costs of renewable energy or solar investments. The federal government is sponsoring a 30% rebate that can work towards taxes or that currently can be used to supplement 30% of any home or business repairs that are involved and include the installation of any approved solar or wind system. This includes repair to your roof if needed in addition to the installation of any "green" investment, including lower priced systems like solar hot water systems, which are good for lowering utility costs in your home or business and are a fraction of the cost of a solar electric system. For some residential situations, and indeed most business applications, the cost of the products and materials that make up the system; that is the prices for the solar panels, the mounting hardware and all that makes the panels connect to the grid or battery system, can be depreciated over a short time. This essentially means that if you qualify, the costs of your entire solar system and all of it's hardware can be written off of your taxes. For more information, please speak to a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) about: Depreciation, Federal Tax Credits, and all other benefits the Federal, State and Local Government may be offering in your area.
5. Appraisal Positive
There are a many added benefits of adding solar to your home or business, like sales the tax-free status of certain approved renewable energy installations, limits on Home Owners Associations (HOA) enforcement with regards to regulations impeding the installation of renewable energy additions on homes in certain states and cities. For complete information on this, we recommend contacting your Home Owners Association (HOA), a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a local appraisal company or agency. “Appraisal Positive” is a recently coined phrase that defines the specific rules associated with solar additions to property values. An appraiser will not increase the value of solar additions to a residential or commercial property with regard to increasing property tax value to the IRS. This means that if your property was appraised at $100,000 before solar additions, then it will remain $100,000 for IRS purposes, though putting your property up for market, the additional value of any solar additions would be set by the seller and therefore could be included in the sales price. This is why renewable energy additions are classified as investments all over the world, and like all kinds of investments, it is important to weigh all the details before making any decisions. For more information, please respond to this blog or call us at (602) 524-1265 and we will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
1. Net-Metering
Most of the time the solar systems that people own generate electricity that is delivered directly back into the grid (the power company; the existing power infrastructure, i.e. power lines, transformers, etc.). Net-metering is when the power company pays dollar-for-dollar for the electricity created by solar, wind or any other grid-tied alternative power generation systems. This means that any electricity that is generated by these grid-tied system will in essence “turn back” the meter on the power used within a home or business providing positive credit from the utility company.
2. Feed-in-Tariff
This program is being adopted around the planet and it seems to have the greatest potential value towards the end-users in small, medium, large and even power production capacities. It is just like net-metering, but instead of dollar-for-dollar, the power company pays more for the power produced by the grid-tied system. In Gainesville, Florida the feed-in-tariff program, or FIT Program as it is also known, is currently providing $0.32 per kilowatt hour produced by newly installed systems. In most cases, the average price paid by the consumer is around $0.12 per kilowatt hour. Over time this type of program provides the opportunity for investors to make money on their systems, not just save money on utility bills. The best time to buy a solar system is when your local utility company sponsors incentive programs like this. The best incentive program on the market right now, hands down, is the feed-in-tariff.
3. Government Subsidies
Sometimes state and local governments sponsor programs that offer subsidies for families or businesses that are interested in investing in solar or other renewable energy endeavors. These subsidies and programs vary greatly, but these programs enhance the value of a renewable energy investments. For more information on potential programs in your state and local area, please refer to the DSIRE chart on our website at www.iresolar.com or www.bestbuysolar.com.
4. Tax Incentives
IRE highly recommends that if you are interested in investing in a solar system, or similar renewable energy technology, you should meet with a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to start the process. There are many tax related ways of minimizing the costs of renewable energy or solar investments. The federal government is sponsoring a 30% rebate that can work towards taxes or that currently can be used to supplement 30% of any home or business repairs that are involved and include the installation of any approved solar or wind system. This includes repair to your roof if needed in addition to the installation of any "green" investment, including lower priced systems like solar hot water systems, which are good for lowering utility costs in your home or business and are a fraction of the cost of a solar electric system. For some residential situations, and indeed most business applications, the cost of the products and materials that make up the system; that is the prices for the solar panels, the mounting hardware and all that makes the panels connect to the grid or battery system, can be depreciated over a short time. This essentially means that if you qualify, the costs of your entire solar system and all of it's hardware can be written off of your taxes. For more information, please speak to a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) about: Depreciation, Federal Tax Credits, and all other benefits the Federal, State and Local Government may be offering in your area.
5. Appraisal Positive
There are a many added benefits of adding solar to your home or business, like sales the tax-free status of certain approved renewable energy installations, limits on Home Owners Associations (HOA) enforcement with regards to regulations impeding the installation of renewable energy additions on homes in certain states and cities. For complete information on this, we recommend contacting your Home Owners Association (HOA), a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a local appraisal company or agency. “Appraisal Positive” is a recently coined phrase that defines the specific rules associated with solar additions to property values. An appraiser will not increase the value of solar additions to a residential or commercial property with regard to increasing property tax value to the IRS. This means that if your property was appraised at $100,000 before solar additions, then it will remain $100,000 for IRS purposes, though putting your property up for market, the additional value of any solar additions would be set by the seller and therefore could be included in the sales price. This is why renewable energy additions are classified as investments all over the world, and like all kinds of investments, it is important to weigh all the details before making any decisions. For more information, please respond to this blog or call us at (602) 524-1265 and we will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Gainesville's Feed-in Tariff Coming January 18th
Hello Everyone! In the next week the Gainesville Feed In Tariff (FIT) will start on January 17, 2010. The Gainesville Feed In Tariff will pay homeowners an estimated 32 cents per kilowatt-hour for a rooftop solar system, which is a great incentive for purchasing a solar system. Customers of Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) need to apply for the FIT between January 18, 2010 and January 21, 2010. More information can be found at GRU's website: https://www.gru.com/OurCommunity/Environment/GreenEnergy/solar.jsp
IRE Solar (International Renewable Energy Solar) will help you with finding the right solar system. International Renewable Energy hopes that Gainesville and North Floridians are staying warm in this recent cold weather. Feel free to contact us with any solar questions that you might have! Our e-mail is info@IREsolar.com.
IRE Solar (International Renewable Energy Solar) will help you with finding the right solar system. International Renewable Energy hopes that Gainesville and North Floridians are staying warm in this recent cold weather. Feel free to contact us with any solar questions that you might have! Our e-mail is info@IREsolar.com.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Feed in tariff, Gainesville, and IRE Solar
It is official, the feed-in-tariff is returning to Gainesville, Florida in 2011. Gainesville residents will be able to enjoy great savings and the highest quality solar power production products, services and installations from Gainesville's premier veteran independent solar installers who have joined with one of the world's most innovative renewable energy distribution companies, International Renewable Energy. Explore iRESolar.com and find out how Gainesville residents will be saving money on the highest quality products and solar services and find out why IRE Solar is the best solution in Gainesville during this coming feed in tariff (FIT) season. Not only does IRE Solar provide the lowest priced optimized solar bundles available, but with IRE's packaged deals, the optimized solar photovoltaic (PV) systems will be producing more energy than other solar systems available on the market. These systems will allow Gainesville residents to make more money on the feed in tariff program presented by Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU). IRE Solar is a fully licensed, bonded and insured solar company made up of highly experienced solar installers who have just one mission as we enter the world renowned GRU feed in tariff program; we WILL provide our Gainesville customers with top quality optimized solar systems at the best prices and those systems will out perform anything else available to the Gainesville Market.
IRE Solar is a division of International Renewable Energy and bestsolarbuy.com and has been specifically designed to help Gainesville residents make the most of GRU's 2011 Feed in tariff program. With the return of Gainesville Regional Utilities' (GRU)s aforementioned Feed-in-tariff program (FIT), Gainesville residents will once again be able to make money off of the free energy from the sun in the Swamp. This time however, Gainesville residents can make the most of their feed in tariff dollars because IRE Solar has the guaranteed lowest priced PV systems available to the Gainesville Market and also includes systems designed to maximize photovoltaic performance. Currently, IRE Solar is the only company working in Gainesville designed to provide our customer with not only quality solar products and systems, but the only company who offer solar systems that are designed to make our clients more money through the GRU Gainesville Regional Utility Feed in tariff (FIT) program.
Eric Layton, a University of Florida alumni and international solar entrepreneur teams up with Gainesville's own chief, veteran, solar installer and fellow Gator, Bill Childs to form a unique solar company that provides the highest valued solar installation packages in Gainesville. Lowest priced high-efficiency solar panels, inverters, materials and more come complete in pre-packaged systems with fully qualified installation and maintenance services that have been designed specifically to save Gainesville residents money on their solar installation and produce more energy. On top of great savings to Gainesville residents these packages will enable Gainesville residents to produce more kilo-watt hours, in essence Gainesville residents will be making more money on the feed-in-tariff. IRE Solar can offer this by including cost avoidance systems like solar-thermal water heaters, solar attic fans as FREE additions to our solar packages in this introductory Gainesville-2011-FIT-IRE Solar introduction package.
IRE Solar is a division of International Renewable Energy and bestsolarbuy.com and has been specifically designed to help Gainesville residents make the most of GRU's 2011 Feed in tariff program. With the return of Gainesville Regional Utilities' (GRU)s aforementioned Feed-in-tariff program (FIT), Gainesville residents will once again be able to make money off of the free energy from the sun in the Swamp. This time however, Gainesville residents can make the most of their feed in tariff dollars because IRE Solar has the guaranteed lowest priced PV systems available to the Gainesville Market and also includes systems designed to maximize photovoltaic performance. Currently, IRE Solar is the only company working in Gainesville designed to provide our customer with not only quality solar products and systems, but the only company who offer solar systems that are designed to make our clients more money through the GRU Gainesville Regional Utility Feed in tariff (FIT) program.
Eric Layton, a University of Florida alumni and international solar entrepreneur teams up with Gainesville's own chief, veteran, solar installer and fellow Gator, Bill Childs to form a unique solar company that provides the highest valued solar installation packages in Gainesville. Lowest priced high-efficiency solar panels, inverters, materials and more come complete in pre-packaged systems with fully qualified installation and maintenance services that have been designed specifically to save Gainesville residents money on their solar installation and produce more energy. On top of great savings to Gainesville residents these packages will enable Gainesville residents to produce more kilo-watt hours, in essence Gainesville residents will be making more money on the feed-in-tariff. IRE Solar can offer this by including cost avoidance systems like solar-thermal water heaters, solar attic fans as FREE additions to our solar packages in this introductory Gainesville-2011-FIT-IRE Solar introduction package.
Monday, December 6, 2010
This Week's Question: A Clean Solar Panel Is A Happy Solar Panel
Question: How are solar voltaic panels cleaned? Does that require a water source on the roof to wash them off?
This is a very good question. Photovoltaic panels do require some cleaning after installation. Water is the best option for cleaning solar panels, and also the easiest. Rain and sometimes morning dew will help to keep the panels clean, but build up of dust, debris and anything else can impair performance. We recommend that panels be cleaned at the very least once every six months. Remember, a happy solar panel is a clean solar panel. The easiest, safest and arguably the cheapest way that we can suggest this be done, is by purchasing a product called "Windex Outdoor Multi-Surface". This popular product can be purchased at neighborhood hardware stores or anywhere you can find outdoor windex products in your area. For this you need only a garden hose and this clever product and in less than fifteen minutes you are done and your panels should be clean and happy. Simply rinse the panels down with water, thoroughly spray the cleaning agent entirely over all the panels, wait fifteen seconds then rinse the soap off.
To know when your panels should be cleaned please consider the following:
1. If you ever notice debris collecting on your panels you should safely clear the debris off the panels as quickly as possible.
2. If you have to clean the outside windows of your house of dust, you should clean your panels as well.
3. If you have to rake your leaves in the fall, you should make sure your solar panels are clear of debris, especially with leaves as they can leave sticky residue that will cause the panels to accumulate more debris which is harder to clean using handsfree cleaning methods.
4. If you have to clean out the gutters on your roof, and indeed anytime you have any other maintainance on your roof, it is a good idea to make sure that the panels are cleaned.
Here's a helpful tip: before cleaning your solar panels, record the performance of the system during a cloud free, sunny day. After cleaning you may notice a dramatic increase in system performance immediately after spraying the panels down with water. This is because the light sensitive cells absorb more energy when they are cooler, a careful spray with the hose will show this to be an impressive performance enhancer. If you do not see noticable differences before and after you spray your panels down on a clear and sunny day, then you should contact your local installer as your system may be be experiencing a common problem that may be effecting the overall performance of the system.
By: Robb Childs
This is a very good question. Photovoltaic panels do require some cleaning after installation. Water is the best option for cleaning solar panels, and also the easiest. Rain and sometimes morning dew will help to keep the panels clean, but build up of dust, debris and anything else can impair performance. We recommend that panels be cleaned at the very least once every six months. Remember, a happy solar panel is a clean solar panel. The easiest, safest and arguably the cheapest way that we can suggest this be done, is by purchasing a product called "Windex Outdoor Multi-Surface". This popular product can be purchased at neighborhood hardware stores or anywhere you can find outdoor windex products in your area. For this you need only a garden hose and this clever product and in less than fifteen minutes you are done and your panels should be clean and happy. Simply rinse the panels down with water, thoroughly spray the cleaning agent entirely over all the panels, wait fifteen seconds then rinse the soap off.
To know when your panels should be cleaned please consider the following:
1. If you ever notice debris collecting on your panels you should safely clear the debris off the panels as quickly as possible.
2. If you have to clean the outside windows of your house of dust, you should clean your panels as well.
3. If you have to rake your leaves in the fall, you should make sure your solar panels are clear of debris, especially with leaves as they can leave sticky residue that will cause the panels to accumulate more debris which is harder to clean using handsfree cleaning methods.
4. If you have to clean out the gutters on your roof, and indeed anytime you have any other maintainance on your roof, it is a good idea to make sure that the panels are cleaned.
Here's a helpful tip: before cleaning your solar panels, record the performance of the system during a cloud free, sunny day. After cleaning you may notice a dramatic increase in system performance immediately after spraying the panels down with water. This is because the light sensitive cells absorb more energy when they are cooler, a careful spray with the hose will show this to be an impressive performance enhancer. If you do not see noticable differences before and after you spray your panels down on a clear and sunny day, then you should contact your local installer as your system may be be experiencing a common problem that may be effecting the overall performance of the system.
By: Robb Childs