Economical Solar Energy Solutions
For Home, Pool, & Business

Serving Lower Alabama and Mississippi
phone: 251-751-8723
email: gulfcoastsolar@bellsouth.net

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Do you enjoy paying high utility bills? We didn't think so. We can help you do something about it!

Help is coming up over the horizon every day!

Gulf Coast Solar, Inc., engineers, installs, and sevices solar thermal and electric systems to save you money and support national energy independence.

We use proven technologies that harness the Gulf Coast’s abundant sunlight to reduce both utility bills and dependence on imported fuels.

Using the sun where we can lessens the need for importing LNG and drilling in environmentally sensitive areas. It just makes common sense. The recent rapid increase of electric and gas prices makes it financially sensible, too.

We don’t dislike electricity and natural gas. We just think they're best saved for air conditioning and barbequing!

Everybody Benefits From Solar!

Solar energy systems are the most reliable, efficient, and cost-effective way for

Homeowners to save energy, money, and increase home values by lowering their cost of ownership
Builders to increase profits with value-added energy-efficient construction
Utilities to reduce peak loads and emissions
Developers to realize economic and tax incentives

And Now the IRS Agrees!

The federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 provides for a 30% income tax credit for residential solar hot water or PhotoVoltaic electric systems (p. 1373). The up to $2,000 / year credit (not deduction) on your 2006-2008 federal income taxes greatly accelerates system payback.

For example, a $5,500 installed residential solar HW system will qualify for a $1,650 income tax credit. That is on top of the energy savings from the system itself. The sooner you install your system, the sooner you start saving on energy costs. Energy prices are going up while you wait!

The 2006-2008 federal business solar investment tax credit has been increased from 10% to 30% (p. 1389). Substantial energy conservation tax deduction incentives of up to $1.80 / sq ft for commercial buildings are also created (p. 1332). Solar investments can account for $0.60 of that deduction.

An excellent summary of the residential and commercial provisions of the EPAct2005 can be found at the Florida Solar Energy Center's website. All of our installed components are on the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC)'s lists of systems approved for the EPAct2005 tax credit qualifications.

Call or email for more details on how to maximize your energy $ savings.

Valuable Links

Gulf Coast Branch of the Alabama Chapter - USGBC

SunPlans.com

GreenCoast Conference 2008

DSIRE - Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency