Tax credit extension gives huge boost to solar industry
| October 11, 2008 |  View for printing |
In what promises to be a huge boost for Silicon Valley's solar industry, the extension of the solar tax credit bundled into the recent $700 billion financial rescue package will create thousands of new clean-tech jobs while slashing the cost of solar panels for homeowners and businesses, industry leaders say.
Companies such as San Jose's SunPower had lobbied Washington for nearly a year to get the measure approved. Now that the credit has been extended for eight years, SunPower has a much clearer view of what the world will look like for solar energy well into the next decade.
By Matt Nauman
Mercury News
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