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Hydrogen Tax Credit Guidance
New hydrogen tax credit rules released by the US Treasury just before Christmas will make it hard to finance projects that use electrolyzers.
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Manufacturer tax credits under section 45X
Guidance the US Treasury released on December 14 for claiming section 45X tax credits for manufacturing components for solar, wind and storage projects ..
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FERC Moves to Break the Interconnection Logjam
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued new interconnection rules that will apply to nearly every transmitting utility outside of ERCOT.
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New Investment Tax Credit Regulations
New investment tax credit regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service on Friday answered a number of questions that the market ...
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Wage and Apprentice Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service filled in many missing details this week in new wage and apprentice requirements with which developers must comply to ...
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More Alta Wind Analysis
A US Court of Federal Claims decision on June 20 that suggested the purchase price paid for a power project should be allocated partly to any tax credits.
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More Alta Wind Analysis
A US Court of Federal Claims decision on June 20 that suggested the purchase price paid for a power project should be allocated partly to any tax credits.
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Sports stadiums and renewable energy
Sports stadiums consume large amounts of electricity during games, making them good candidates for renewable energy.
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PTC inflation adjustment
Production tax credits for producing renewable electricity will be higher this year than in 2022, but the amount varies depending on when the project went
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Split-scope battery purchase contracts
Splitting contracts to buy and then install utility-scale batteries among multiple contractors is a complicated process that can be done, but carries risk
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Hydrogen pipeline regulation
The US has no clear framework for regulating interstate hydrogen pipelines. There are three possible regimes.
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Manufacturer tax credits: Section 48C
Manufacturers who plan to apply for an initial round of $4 billion in tax credits for building production lines to make products for the green economy.
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Contract manufacturing
Contract manufacturing is becoming more important as some manufacturers angling for section 45X credits for making components for wind, solar and storage.
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Purchase Price Allocations
Buyers of projects that qualify for future government payments must allocate part of the purchase price to such payments.
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Domestic content calculations
Project developers are having a hard time getting the data they need from manufacturers to do the calculations required to claim a domestic content bonus
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