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Calculating how much tax equity can be raised
Developers of renewable energy projects in the United States sometimes struggle to calculate how much tax equity can be raised to help pay the project...
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Ep188: Energy Storage Investment Tax Credits
Keith Martin, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Washington, joins us to discuss investment tax credits (ITCs) for energy storage and provide an update on
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Ep187: Freeing Energy with Bill Nussey
Bill Nussey, founder and CEO of the Freeing Energy Project, joins us to discuss the shift to cleaner, cheaper energy. We discuss his new book, Freeing Ener
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Ep186: An Inside Look at Intersect’s $2.6 Billion Financing
Sheldon Kimber, CEO and co-founder of Intersect Power, joins us to discuss the $2.6 billion financing facility that Intersect signed in November 2021 to fi
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Ep185: Cost of Capital: 2022 Outlook
The year ahead looks like another strong year for financings, but with uncertainty around supply chains, inflation, potential tax law changes and import ta
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Ep184: Scaling the Next Generation of Sustainability
Katie McClain, partner at Energize Ventures, joins us to discuss the company’s investment approach. We get into what it looks for in clean energy and clima
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Section 1060 and Purchase Price Allocations
Tax basis allocation issues are getting more attention in court. The latest skirmish, in a Treasury cash grant case, suggests that the US government may re
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Partnership Flips and California Property Taxes
California clarified that partnership flip transactions do not trigger property tax reassessments for solar projects. The bill that did so still leaves som
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Automatic LIBOR Replacement
LIBOR would be replaced automatically with SOFR in some loans and other contracts under a bill that passed the US House of Representatives in early Decembe
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Solar and Public Utility Property
“Public utility property” questions continue to take up IRS time. The issue is whether an investment tax credit and accelerated depreciation can be claimed
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Battery purchase contracts
The latest update in market trends from the Energy Information Administration predicts installed capacity for battery energy storage projects ...
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Required Reporting to FINCen
The United States moved one step closer in December to requiring US companies to file reports with the US Treasury disclosing their beneficial owners. Repo
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US offshore wind financing update
The lead finance people at three large offshore wind projects planned off the US Atlantic coast talked about a range of finance-related topics at the annu
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Cryptocurrency mining for power suppliers
Outsized profits from cryptocurrency mining are an enormous current opportunity for electric power suppliers.
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Hydrogen funding and tax credits
Developers are already circling money for hydrogen projects after a boost in funding in the infrastructure bill that President Biden signed in November.
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