subject: Wind Tax Breaks For Homes - 4 Tips On Exactly Where A Person Can Locate Them [print this page] If you are in the market for a home wind turbine, there are plenty of wind tax credits out there available you need to know about. If you have a dealer-installed turbine for you they will collect all of the credits for you, too. However, if you are building the wind turbine yourself, you will need to sort this out on your own.
These are the various opportunities for you now for cutting initial price of your windmill at home:
* The federal residential energy tax credit. This is large. If you take the total installed cost of your wind turbine and multiply it by 30%, that is credit you will receive from the federal government now. But it might not always be available. So, it is good idea to act quickly to take advantage of it.
* State and local credits that also may be available. In many cases states and local governments have decided to go in the same direction as federal government and offer you credits that mirror them.
* Rebates and incentives from your local utility. Your local electric utility may also offer incentives for you to install a wind turbine. The reason they do that is it helps them avoid having to build new power plants in the future. So, they look at it as a way of deferring that cost.
* Manufacturers also offer rebates on their products. In order to get a leg up on the market, many manufacturers also offer rebates after you have purchased and installed their systems.
If you are going the do-it-yourself route, you need to first view a video program like Earth4Energy first. This will give you insight into actually what is involved in the process. You might find that it makes you look forward to doing the project more or, you may find you want to do the project yourself after all want seeing the video.
In any case, you still have to be very diligent about making sure you are purchasing the right wind turbine for your application. It is very easy to buy the wrong thing. So, you need to do some homework and make sure that you understand the wind on your property and options you have available for where to install the wind device.
There are so many wind tax credits available now, the present time is the ideal time to purchase a system if you've ever thought about doing it.
