Donate Your Old Solar System and Get a Tax Deduction

Our donation process provides a commitment of zero land fill of solar materials, little or no cost to the donor, tax incentives for donations, and a great feeling that you are helping those in need. Our mission is to keep solar PV materials out of landfills and to reuse all components that are salvageable.

Waste Not

Solar panels have been known to last 30 years or more…. But have you ever wondered what happens to solar panels when they are removed from service? There are many reasons solar panels need to be removed from service such as, re-roofing or damage done by extreme weather or natural disasters. Often, when older solar systems are decommissioned from service, new panels with higher efficiently are re- installed, leaving the older panels discarded or orphaned.

How It Works

  1. To begin the process, click on Get Started.
  2. Fill out the form with as much information as possible.
  3. Indicate in the correspondence that you are interested in donating to a charitable organization.
  4. Once this information is entered into our website form, we will assign a knowledgeable donor support representative to reply to your request and begin your donation process.

How You Can Help

Support charities that are doing good. With your help, and the network of charities that we have partnered with, your donation can keep PV panels out of landfills and make a substantial difference for people in need.

Through our registered charitable organization partners, your donation not only may provide you, or your company, with a charitable tax deduction (Consult with your tax advisor), it also helps those with little or no access to reliable electricity or clean water. Your donation also helps people become self-sufficient by learning solar system installation and maintenance skills. This helps keep solar systems up and running at peak performance.

To receive a tax benefit for your contribution of solar equipment, you must follow certain IRS tax guidelines. Consult with your tax advisor.

Information and forms are readily available at www.IRS.gov or by calling 1-800-829-3676

Damaged Solar Systems

Solar panel systems can be partly or completely damaged because of hail, wind, flooding, or fire. Often, when disaster strikes a solar system, only a portion is destroyed leaving behind surviving panels. These solar panels may still be in good working condition. It would be a shame to throw these very usable solar panels into landfills. Reusing the solar panel helps to avoid paying the high cost to recycle. Many of these discarded solar panels can be re-used and provide clean energy for an additional 10 plus years, giving renewed life and clean energy to communities and individuals that have little to no reliable electricity.

 

Sustainability

For solar to be truly sustainable, the solar panels need to be properly handled when they no longer are in use. Solar panels can contain hazardous materials such as Lead, Cadmium, Tin and rare earth components that can leach and contaminate our ground water. This needs to be prevented by properly processing all discarded solar panels.

All solar panels are collected, cleaned, tested, and certified for reuse or for recycling. All materials in the solar panel are reclaimed for making new solar panels and other products. Nothing is ever landfilled.

 

To receive a tax benefit for your contribution of solar equipment, you must follow certain IRS tax guidelines.  Consult with your tax advisor.

Information and forms are readily available at www.IRS.gov or by calling 1-800-829-3676

WE ARE NOT TAX CONSUTANTS

 

Your Charitable Donation

We partner with non-profit charitable foundations, 501(c)(3) to provide an economical and environmental solution to keep old solar systems out of landfills.  We are passionate to help those in need to have low cost or no cost solutions to clean energy resources.  These solutions can be in the form of equipment, educational training or donated funds.