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It's great that Newsweek is covering trends in solar project financing, especially at the residential level. However, why the sensationalist sub-title about "financial tricks"? The subtitle negates what would otherwise be useful (yet very broad) coverage of the latest solar financing trends.

It's great that Newsweek is covering trends in solar project financing, especially at the residential level. However, why the sensationalist sub-title about "financial tricks"? The subtitle negates what would otherwise be useful (yet very broad) coverage of the latest solar financing trends.

A feed-in tariff plan to buy clean energy from its customers ranging from homeowners to commercial energy companies at a higher guaranteed rate over a certain period of time would help spark new investment in renewable energy generation, foster up-to-date building industry, and create a new generation of green jobs.

???I???m seeing it with my own eyes ? it???s really having a good effect on our local economy, particularly in these hard times,??? said Edward J. Regan, the assistant general manager for strategic planning at Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida. And Other countries--particularly Germany, Spain and Denmark--have successfully used FITs to encourage the development of renewable energy projects.

I guess this plan will help increase the value of the house considerably, and get the reeling building industry and overall economy back on its feet as well.

Additional investments in this sector would not only stimulate the recovery of the construction and allied industries but also generate tens of thousands of jobs.

Under Feed-in Tariffs policy, the household outfitted with sustainable energy system may be seen as a sort of sound, reliable pension plan increasing the value of the house considerably, leading to renewed construction boom.
In my mind, it might bring back the much-anticipated economic growth as a cornerstone.

Thank you !