If you are paying over $3.00 per watt for solar,
you are probably paying too much!

To learn what solar can do for you, call us at
704-735-7454 (ext. 22) or 704-742-4212.

Serving the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, Southoward Solar Designs, partnering with Howard Construction Co. of Lincolnton brings the world’s most reliable, cost-effective PV solar systems tailor-designed to meet your specific project’s energy savings and tax-savings objectives. Offering rooftop, ground mount or pole-mount options, Southoward brings second-generation construction excellence to commercial, industrial and residential projects with an energy and bottom-line mindedness that you won’t find anywhere else. Established in 1985, Southoward understands the importance for energy-savings and building efficiently from the ground up and the top down with a principal management team who brings a combined 125 years of construction experience to your project. Using only NABCEP Certified Electricians combined with more than 240 hours of education on the latest in solar design innovation and renewable energy with North Carolina State University and the NC Solar Center, you are getting a team of professionals uniquely qualified to bring the best possible solar solution into your home or building. FOR INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS, IT'S BRAIN DEAD SIMPLE!!!! If you are considering Solar/Photovoltaics or “Electricity from the Sun”, the most amazing aspect is the payback available to business and industry. If your business is in North Carolina and thriving then you are paying taxes.  It doesn’t matter if your business is a C Corporation, a Sub-S Corporation or an LLC.  If you are profitable, you are paying taxes. This is money that you probably send to the government.  It’s gone forever.  Just like last year and the years before, but you can use this tax money you have no other access to and invest it in a proven technology, on your roof, in the form of a PV system that will provide you with a monetary return for the next 25 to 40 years.  A technology with no moving parts constructed of aluminum, glass and silicon dioxide compounds. With 179 depreciation or MACRS depreciation, the entire system can be paid for in 4.5 to 7 years using nothing but tax money you would otherwise send to the Federal Government. To reiterate, 26% of the cost of the PV System is paid for by “Tax Credits” not tax deductions.  And even though your initial cost is reduced by the 26% tax credit, you are allowed to depreciate 100% of the initial cost in the first year, as a tax deduction.  YES, that's what I said.  You actually receive a depreciation deduction on 100% of the system you also received a tax credit from. You are literally depreciating a tax credit!  Your system will be paid for and you will be able to realize 25 to 40 more years of additional electrical savings.  If your business or residence is located in South Carolina, you will also receive an additional 25% state tax credit (not to exceed $35,000.00)*.  Another important factor to consider when analyzing payback, is the current cost of your electricity. Since you are generating your on power and using it on site, a savings of 6 cents to 15 cents per Kilowatt will be realized, depending on your rate and service provider.