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Category: Florida

  • Florida voters back pro-solar amendment, tax breaks on the way

    The people of Florida have spoken, and they want the Sunshine State to start living up to its name. Florida voters overwhelmingly approved (73 to 27 percent) a constitutional amendment that’ll provide property tax breaks for people who install solar panels – the increased value a PV system provides can’tRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Florida’s advanced energy industries employ nearly 150,000 people (and more stats)

    The Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) reports that Florida employed an estimated 140,282 advanced energy workers in 2015, nearly twice as many as in Agriculture, more than Real Estate, and equal to Schools, Colleges, and Training Institutions. These jobs spanned a broad range of technologies including energy efficiency, electricityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Florida homebuilder makes solar standard feature on all new homes

    Fort Lauderdale-based Stellar Homes Group doesn’t believe solar power is a luxury amenity; instead the homebuilder will be the first in South Florida’s history to include a PV solar panel system, with a 30-year warranty, as a standard feature in all its new homes. Each solar panel system has a retailRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • AGT selects AET ground mount system for 4.7-MW project in Florida

    Is the lagging solar market in Florida ready to pick things up? Florida Solar Energy Industries Association’s (FlaSEIA) Executive Director Mike Antheil thinks so. “Dropping prices on PV and balance of system components, combined with a general population who is energized about solar projects, Florida is ready to live upRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Florida to put solar tax breaks to a vote, industry associations applaud

    Florida legislators are looking to boost solar installations for businesses in state via tax breaks, and they are leaving it up to the people to decide. Wednesday the legislature voted to put a clean energy amendment, HJR 193, on the August primary ballot that will give businesses two different taxRead More — Solar Builder magazine