State Restrictions on Foreign Investment in Renewable Energy Projects
At least 22 states have enacted laws since the start of last year restricting and, in some cases, barring foreign investment in US farm land and in projec
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Renewables Under Trump
Four Republican insiders and a senior Washington energy policy analyst talked at our 33rd annual energy finance conference in June about what is likely to
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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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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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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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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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Final Tax Credit Sale Guidance
New tax credit sale regulations released today by the Internal Revenue Service are largely the same as proposed tax credit sale regulations issued in June
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Forever Chemicals Starting To Affect Project Finance Market
A US Environmental Protection Agency decision in late April to expand federal regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as “PFAS,” ...
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Maxeon Claims Solar Panel Patent Infringement
Maxeon has accused Canadian Solar, REC Solar and Hanwha of infringing three Maxeon patents by making, importing and selling n-type solar panels.
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More Areas Qualify as Energy Communities
The IRS added 446 more US counties today to the list of counties where renewable energy projects qualify potentially for a 10% energy community tax credit
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Trump and the Renewables Policy Outlook
Leaders of the three main renewable energy trade associations and the head of energy and climate policy work for a conservative think tank ...
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Current Market Conditions
The past year in the US renewable energy industry has been the story of a strong tailwind offset to some degree by various headwinds. Conditions are ...
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