GREENbear-king t1_j7w7zng wrote
Does America offer solar panel rebates to home owners? They did it aus tralia and lots of houses connect to solar. A lot even produce extra and sell it to the grid. 32 percent of Aussie homes have a solar system and the number goes up and up.
Sammy_Roth t1_j7w8rwb wrote
Yes, definitely -- the Inflation Reduction Act (climate bill signed into law by President Biden last year) includes significant new financial incentives for going solar: https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/alternative-energy/how-the-residential-clean-energy-solar-tax-credit-works-a1771685058/.
That said, individual U.S. states have at times gone in the opposite direction, reducing incentive payments for rooftop solar. That's what happened in California last year, which I wrote about here: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-12-22/how-californias-new-rooftop-solar-rules-will-affect-you-boiling-point.
Hope that's helpful. Thank you for the question!
GREENbear-king t1_j7wid2z wrote
Surely it would at least reduce the need for huge farms limiting the ecological or farm land impact.
Sammy_Roth t1_j7wivlx wrote
Definitely -- more rooftop solar could limit the need for large solar farms, although almost certainly not eliminate it. See, for instance: https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2021-01-07/how-rooftop-solar-could-save-americans-473-billion-dollars-boiling-point
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