{"id":141615,"date":"2022-07-03T07:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T12:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/ikea-will-now-sell-solar-panels"},"modified":"2022-07-03T07:02:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T12:02:58","slug":"ikea-will-now-sell-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/ikea-will-now-sell-solar-panels","title":{"rendered":"IKEA will now sell solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_8KRAaa6aI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>IKEA, the world\u2019s largest furniture retailer, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/newsroom\/corporate-news\/ikea-u-s-joins-forces-with-sunpower-to-offer-home-solar-solutions-in-the-united-states-pub85c9c680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> plans to sell home solar panels in the US \u2014 a move that could democratize and demystify access to solar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solar hesitancy:<\/strong> The benefits of solar go beyond protecting the environment \u2014 solar panels are cheaper than ever, and between the lower energy bills and government subsidies, a home solar system could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/mortgages-real-estate\/10\/solar-power-home.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pay for itself<\/a> before the panels need to be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/docs\/fy21osti\/80427.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3.2%<\/a> of single-family detached homes have solar panels, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IKEA, the world\u2019s largest furniture retailer, has announced plans to sell home solar panels in the US \u2014 a move that could democratize and demystify access to solar. Solar hesitancy: The benefits of solar go beyond protecting the environment \u2014 solar panels are cheaper than ever, and between the lower energy bills and government subsidies, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,15,1633,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-habitats","category-solar-power","category-space","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}