Comments on: Iowa State Solar Power Rebates, Tax Credits, and Incentives

By: Scott

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:15:03 +0000

This is madening and a joke. Politicians wonder why the youth of Iowa leave this state. Maybe because the leadership of this state has no clue about establishing meaningful forward looking legislation.

By: Peter

Sun, 24 May 2009 14:45:32 +0000

Iowa is not a homeowner friendly state for funding alternate energy. The best return is on Solar – and even with that, if you purchase a 6KW gridtie solar system on sale the best timeframe you can hope to break even on it is about 15 years. That’s just about the time you have to start fixing everything – not to mention the 25k dollars tied up in equipment that is not earning anything for 15 years. Read the Iowa laws – if you take the property tax exemption you are not eleigible for the state tax credits. Ha!!!! Go solar – yeah right!! I have 2500 sq ft of southern facing barn roof, when Iowa gets serious about solar -I will too!!!

By: Dan Hahn

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:52:30 +0000

Jeff,

Not sure about the wind power credits in Iowa, though I’m sure there’s a fair amount of wind blowing across the state. Unfortunately it seems most of that wind is coming out of Des Moines in your case. We encourage you to look at what the utilities are starting to offer Iowa homeowners for going solar.

Cheers,

- Dan

By: Jeff

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:13:45 +0000

From what I see, Iowa looks like a poor state for wind power credits. No surprise, Chet Culver is more interested in taking our money than providing tax breaks for people trying to help the environment.

By: Dan Hahn

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:50:38 +0000

Solarium,

We have friends in Iowa who would love to talk to you, fill out our form and we’ll get the ball rolling. Incentives are out there in Iowa, they’ll break out the numbers for you.

Cheers,

- Dan

By: solarium

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:06:05 +0000

unless I find out different Iowa is all talk and no go for assistance in solar or wind installation at residential level. Im ready,own my home have lots of land and some money. If you can point me in a direction please do.

By: Shane

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:09:35 +0000

I own an electric company here in Des Moines and we are geared up for installing a lot of large solar systems in the near future. We have been trained by some of the largest solar producing compaines and are now working with some very well known companies in Des Moines. We really need the state to jump on board and realize how much ability the state has for solar production.

By: Dan Hahn

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:48:46 +0000

Warren,

Iowa provides a 1.5 cent per kilowatt tax credit for solar over a period of 10 years. Granted, that isn’t a whole lot of cash but many utilities are now required to derive at least a certain percentage of their energy from renewable sources by next year. Therefore, more generous incentives are popping onto the horizon from them, not the state government.

By: Warren McKenna

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:47:08 +0000

Are you kidding! Iowa sucks when it comes to funding site based renewable energy. They don’t offer a single tax credit for residential or business for PV or Wind. Look at the surrounding States like MN, WI, MO for better deals. Come on Iowa give us a bone, like $ 2 per watt for PV if you would.

By: Dan Hahn

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:55:04 +0000

Don,

Hopefully the visibility issue has been resolved. We do know our page is best viewed using Mozilla Firefox. We encourage you to download that browser instead. You’ll also be safer on the web.

Cheers,

- Dan