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Ep256: Schneider Electric Vice President on Offtake Agreements and Tax Credits
John Powers, vice president of global renewables and clean tech at Schneider Electric, updates us on developments in the offtake agreement market,
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PTC Inflation Adjustment
Production tax credits for producing renewable electricity are higher this year than in 2023.
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Texas Broker License Needed to Negotiate Wind Lease
The Texas attorney general said that non-lawyers negotiating to lease sites for Texas wind farms on behalf of project developers must be licensed.
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FERC Order 1920 on Transmission: How Big a Deal?
A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order in May to deal with US grid congestion has been called a "watershed moment" by FERC Chairman Willie Phillips.
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Ep255 Supplement: kWh Analytics' 2024 Solar Risk Assesment Report
The 2024 Solar Risk Assessment, now in its 6th edition, is a comprehensive report of the most pressing risks and opportunities facing solar.
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Ep255: kWh CEO Discusses the Solar Risk Assessment Report
Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, joins us to discuss this year’s solar risk assessment report published by kWh.
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Final Wage and Apprentice Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service filled in many missing details this week in new wage and apprentice requirements.
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Ep254: Peak Energy CEO on Sodium-ion Batteries
Landon Mossburg, CEO of Peak Energy, joins us to discuss sodium-ion batteries and how they can complement lithium-ion batteries.
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Ep253: FERC Transmission Actions: How Big A Deal?
Allison Clements, Rob Gramlich and Kat Gamache talk about how much of a difference recent government actions to ease grid congestion.
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Ep252: Fourth Power CEO on Thermal Storage
Arvin Ganesan, CEO of Fourth Power, joins us to discuss thermal storage technologies and what role they can have in the energy storage market.
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Accelerated Transmission Line Approvals For Priority Projects
Companies developing new transmission line projects can now call on the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help accelerate government approvals ...
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California Decarbonization Dilemma
by Jeff Bodington, with Bodington & Company in San Francisco An analysis of California Energy Commission data for the most recent year available, 2022, sho
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Ep251: US Treasury’s New Bonus Tax Credit Guidance
Hilary Lefko joins to discuss the Treasury’s new guidance on calculating whether projects have enough domestic content to qualify for a bonus tax credit.
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Simpler Domestic Content Calculations
The US Treasury greatly simplified the calculations today to determine whether solar, onshore wind and battery projects have enough domestic content to qu
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Ep250: Section 301 Tariffs
Stefan Reisinger, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the Biden administration's changes to section 301 tariffs.
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