Between 2005 and 2008, the CCEF disbursed over $20 million in rebates for residential solar thermal installations and $65 million in rebates for government and commercial solar thermal installations.
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) has established a new $4 million state-wide solar hot water initiative for homes and businesses expected to last until March 1, 2012. The action comes on the heels of CCEF being awarded $4 million by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to establish a SHWH program for the state.
Home and business owners can both benefit from the incentive, provided they install SHWH systems that will cover 50 – 80 percent of the building’s annual domestic hot water needs. Additionally, the installed system must be either SRCC rated, or rated and certified by an independent testing body.
If all requirements to qualify for the incentive are met, the maximum amount Connecticut citizens are able to receive depends on the number of persons in the household or what type of organization is being run.
The state will award the following maximum amounts to households of:
- 1-2 people: up to $2,400
- 3-4 people: up to $3,600
- 5-6 people: up to $4,800
The maximum incentive for commercial installations is $50,000; for governmental and non-profit agencies, that cap is $82,500. As GetSolar’s Adam Sewall reported when the news first broke about the rebate, the Associate Director of Project Development at CCF says the program “should reduce annual fossil fuel consumption in Connecticut by 33,373 MMBtu, or the equivalent of 240,000 gallons of fuel oil. These systems will avoid the creation of 2,686 tons of carbon dioxide very year, for the life of the systems.”
For more information about solar water heating, check out A Glimpse Into Solar Thermal in China and Active Solar vs Passive Solar.
