Worried about the cost of solar panels?  How can you finance solar energy? One promising program is Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), which allows local government and private property owners to give low interest loans to people that want to go solar. In Palm Desert, California, the municipality is working to help local governments overcome [...]

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Stephanie on August 1st, 2010

Lest you wonder whether the housing market will ever recover in the U.S., now comes word that the nation’s two largest mortgage lenders – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – have effectively killed solar financing.  What next, you might ask? Property Assessed Clean Energy loans (commonly known as PACE), which allow homeowners to install solar [...]

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Stephanie on November 19th, 2009

Solar panel financing is getting more common, as well as more creative!  We all know that one of the biggest hurdles to going solar is the upfront cost to do so. Fortunately, there are a number of cities across the United States that are helping consumers install solar panels with a unique financing structure.  Homeowners [...]

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