Solar energy is rapidly becoming one of the safest ways to invest your money, with some of the lowest risks around.  The stock market has too far to recover before it starts to offer the types of Return On Investment (ROI) that solar is providing these days.

What type of solar are people investing in, you might ask? Most often, the types of renewable energy invested as part of a solar offering are grid tied photovoltaic solar energy systems, ranging in the thousands of kilowatts to the megawatts in size.

Set up as a closed end fund with a front load, most solar energy offerings are locking in 5 year rates around 8%.

Not interested in a fund solution, but own some real estate? Why not put solar on that property? Even if you lease the building out, you can set up a solar system that will let you bill your tenant for the electricity you generate for them for free, while simultaneously getting paid by the electric power utility company for each and every kilowatt hour you produce, generally at a rate over the prevailing retail ate of electricity.  If you are owner/occupied, then a commercial solar system may be just what you need to turn a cost center into a revenue producer.