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The Project Finance NewsWire reports on new developments affecting the power sector, gas pipelines, LNG terminals, energy storage facilities, energy efficiency, biofuels, gasification, water, toll roads, bridges, ports, stadiums and other infrastructure.

Ep327: Market Dynamics in Tax Credit Insurance
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Daniel Berger, managing director at Lockton Companies, discusses recent trends, challenges and developments in the tax credit insurance market.

December 11, 2025
Ep326: How Linear Generators Empower Businesses
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Shannon Miller, CEO of Mainspring Energy, describes the company’s modular linear generator technology and discusses its potential uses and cost considerations for various energy customers.

December 04, 2025
Tariff Refunds
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A lawsuit by Costco to preserve its rights to refunds in the event the US Supreme Court rules that roughly half the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are illegal is expected ...

December 03, 2025
Ep325: New Rules for Private Power in Mexico
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Raquel Bierzwinsky, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, discusses the latest reforms to Mexico’s power sector, highlighting how new regulations are creating opportunities for private investment and projects.

November 19, 2025
Massachusetts Bills Could Impede New Battery Projects
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The Massachusetts legislature is considering three proposed bills that would significantly obstruct development of new battery energy storage systems in the state.

November 19, 2025
Ep324: Evolving Community Solar and Storage
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Stefano Ratti, CEO of Chaberton Energy, shares how his team is evolving from solar-only development to integrating storage and navigating shifting market dynamics, tariffs and policy changes.

November 13, 2025
DOE Rebrands Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program as Energy Dominance Financing Program
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A new name, broader authority, and a $250 billion lending cap signal a major shift in federal financing for energy projects.

November 07, 2025
Ep323: Data center financings: Part II
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Four industry experts discuss about the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in data center financings.

November 05, 2025
Ep321: Financing the Next Wave of Nuclear
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Jake Jurewicz, CEO of Blue Energy, shares how modular, prefabricated nuclear power plants could reduce costs and timelines and unlock new opportunities for commercial financing and grid-scale deployment.

October 23, 2025
Mexico Issues New Regulations to Govern the Electric Sector
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Mexico released new guidelines earlier this month for private power projects.

October 19, 2025
California Seeks Input from RNG Developers on Costs to Connect to Pipelines
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Renewable natural gas developers have until October 23 to submit comments in a California Public Utilities Commission proceeding to assess how interconnection costs are affecting project economics.

October 16, 2025
Ep320: Streamlining Utility Planning for Rapid Deployment
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Pier LaFarge, CEO of Sparkfund, explains how distributed capacity procurement is helping utilities rapidly deploy batteries and other distributed energy resources to meet grid constraints and rising demand.

October 16, 2025
Ep319: Bringing Transparency to Clean Energy Certificates
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Ben Gerber, CEO of CleanCounts, explains how its nonprofit registry brings transparency and reliability to renewable energy and thermal certificate markets.

October 09, 2025
Ep318: TDK Ventures on Emerging Energy Tech
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Nicolas Sauvage, president of TDK Ventures, discusses how AI-driven energy demand, battery technologies like sodium-ion and shifting geopolitical dynamics are shaping the future of energy storage and deep tech.

October 02, 2025
A practical overview of the OBBB’s FEOC rules
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Here are slides that discuss the OBBB’s FEOC restrictions, generally, including a discussion of the “foreign-influenced entity” rule’s implications for lenders.

October 01, 2025
DOE Relaunches Financial Support
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The US Department of Energy is taking steps to relaunch federal financial support for new transmission lines and baseload power plants.

September 30, 2025
Ep317: Tariffs and the Future of Battery Storage
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Dan Finn-Foley, director of energy storage market intelligence at Clean Energy Associates, discusses the impact of tariffs, shifting supply chains and emerging technologies on the US battery storage market.

September 25, 2025
Ep316: How Captona is Scaling Energy Transition Assets
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Izzet Bensusan, CEO of Captona, shares how his team is investing in renewables, storage and clean fuels while using preferred equity structures and preparing for rising energy demand.

September 18, 2025
California Conformity on Tax Credit Sales
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California moved one step closer yesterday to waiving state income taxes on tax credit sale proceeds.

September 12, 2025
Ep315: Developing Smarter Energy Platforms in Europe
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Adrien Pinsard, CEO of Telis Energy, shares how the firm is scaling a decentralized green energy platform across Europe’s largest power markets.

September 11, 2025
Ep314: Navigating Cost, Risk and Regulation in Energy Storage
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Chris McKissack, CEO of Fullmark Energy, shares insights on the evolving energy storage market, discussing cost trends, operational complexity and regulatory shifts.

September 04, 2025
Lender Rep on Specified Foreign Entity Status
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Due to the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBB), borrowers negotiating financing for energy tax credit eligible projects that began construction after 2024 are requesting representations

September 03, 2025
Renewables Deal Flow After 2026
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The US is rapidly curtailing subsidies for renewable energy and putting obstacles in the way of new wind and solar projects.

September 02, 2025
Environmentalism and Data Centers - A Brief Look at How Data Centers Are Curbing Their Environmental Effects
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Despite their reputations, data centers are fast becoming champions of environmental sustainability through innovative technologies, regulatory developments, and partnerships.

August 28, 2025
Renewables Valuations
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Are current low renewables valuations an opportunity to pick up assets or a sign that equity is steering clear of renewables and the US market?

August 28, 2025
Ep313: New Construction-Start Rules
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Keith Martin, joins us to talk about how the new construction-start guidance issued by the US Treasury and the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" as a whole are affecting the renewables market.

August 26, 2025
Data Centers and Natural Gas
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Renewable energy remains the most readily available source of electricity in the near term.

August 25, 2025
Ep312: Modeling Risk and Value in Renewable Energy Portfolios
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Brock Mosovsky, breaks down how advanced modeling and probabilistic forecasting are reshaping how developers, investors and lenders assess value, risk and offtake strategies in renewable energy and storage.

August 21, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill’s (OBBB) Energy Tax Credit Timeline for Purposes of §§45, 45Y, 48 & 48E
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Here’s a link to a detailed and visually organized timeline for various energy tax credit deadlines for beginning construction on projects and placing projects in service after the One Big Beautiful Bill’s

August 20, 2025
Tax Equity News: New Construction-Start Rules for Wind and Solar
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The US Treasury has tightened rules for when wind and solar projects qualify as under construction for federal tax credits, though the changes were not as bad as rumored.

August 16, 2025
New Construction-Start Rules for Wind and Solar
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The US Treasury made it harder Friday for wind and solar projects to be considered under construction in time to qualify for federal tax credits.

August 15, 2025
Ep311: A Discussion of the New FEOC Rules
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Kristina Costa, Seth Hanlon, and Kyle Sweeney join us to provide their assessment of the FEOC provisions in the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

August 14, 2025
Ep310: Legal Perspectives on Energy and Infrastructure
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Chris Panaro, executive director at Nomura, shares legal insights from financing energy and infrastructure projects.

August 07, 2025
Tax Equity News: The Shift Back to Gas
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At our 34th annual energy finance conference in San Diego this June, I moderated a panel exploring the federal government’s effort to promote new fossil fuel power plants.

August 01, 2025
The Shift Back to Gas
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The federal government is making a concerted effort to promote construction of new power plants that burn fossil fuels.

August 01, 2025
Ep309: Bitcoin Mining and Renewable Integration
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JohnPaul Baric, founder of MiningStore, explains how Bitcoin mining is evolving into a powerful tool for grid stability and renewable energy integration.

July 31, 2025
Ep308: Clean Energy, Island Style
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Lukas Sheild, general manager at REC Solar Hawaii, shares how microgrids are transforming energy resilience across the Hawaiian islands.

July 24, 2025
Ep307: What the Proposed Scope 2 Changes Could Mean
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Lee Taylor, CEO of REsurety, joins us to unpack the debate surrounding the proposed revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 2 emissions guidance.

July 17, 2025
Data Centers and Water
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Data centers should be co-located where possible with existing water facilities, such as wastewater treatment plants.

July 14, 2025
Working Through The FEOC Maze
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New FEOC -- for "foreign entity of concern" -- rules will deny technology-neutral tax credits on new power plants and energy storage projects that use too much Chinese equipment and section 45X tax credits ...

July 07, 2025
Ep306: Summary of the Big Beautiful Bill
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Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to break down the Big Beautiful Bill and how it will affect renewable energy tax credits.

July 08, 2025
Effects Of "One Big Beautiful Bill" On Projects
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The massive budget reconciliation bill that President Trump signed on July 4 will set off a rush to start construction of more projects by year end 2025 and again by early July 2026 ...

July 07, 2025
Tax Equity News: Working Through The FEOC Maze
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New FEOC rules will deny technology-neutral tax credits on new power plants and energy storage projects that rely heavily on Chinese equipment.

July 08, 2025
Tax Equity News: Effects Of "One Big Beautiful Bill" On Projects
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The budget reconciliation bill signed by President Trump on July 4 may spark a surge in power and storage projects starting construction by the end of 2025.

July 08, 2025
Ep305: Nature as a Business Risk
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Megan Pillsbury, CEO of Dunya Analytics, joins us to discuss how businesses can identify and manage environmental-related risks using scalable, science-based tools.

July 03, 2025
FERC update: Changes to natural gas development on the horizon
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has undertaken actions to revise the regulatory framework to provide greater flexibility and expedite the development of natural gas infrastructure.

July 01, 2025
Ep304: Navigating the DOJ’s New FCPA Guidance
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Keith Rosen, a Norton Rose Fulbright partner, explains the DOJ's updated guidance on enforcing the FCPA and discusses how it will affect US companies developing infrastructure projects overseas.

June 26, 2025
Ep303: Scaling Clean Energy Access Through Community Solar
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Jorge Vargas, CEO of Aspen Power, joins us to discuss the evolving landscape of community solar in the US. He shares how Aspen is expanding access to clean energy.

June 20, 2025
Ep302: Insights from the 2025 kWh Solar Risk Assessment
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Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics, returns to discuss key findings from the 2025 Solar Risk Assessment report. The report highlights growing threats from extreme weather.

June 13, 2025
Data Center Financing Structures
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Data center financings in the United States were $30 billion in 2024 and are expected to reach $60 billion this year.

June 11, 2025
Ep301: Making Tax Credits Work for Clean Energy
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Alfred Johnson, CEO of Crux, discusses how Crux is streamlining clean energy financing through a marketplace for transferable tax credits, insights on market growth, recent policy changes and more.

June 04, 2025
Ep300: Decoding the House Bill: Impacts on Energy Tax Credits
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Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, breaks down the latest US legislative changes affecting renewable energy tax credits ...

May 29, 2025
2025 PTC Inflation Adjustment
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Production tax credits for producing renewable electricity are the same this year for projects placed in service in 2022 or later.

May 29, 2025
Tax Equity News: Effects of the Final House Tax Bill on Projects
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The House passed a 1,116-page budget reconciliation bill early Thursday, expected to set off a rush to start construction of clean energy projects between now and early October.

May 22, 2025
Effects of the Final House Tax Bill on Projects
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The House Ways and Means Committee cleared $3.8 trillion in tax proposals on Wednesday morning by a party-line 26-19 vote after working all night and batting away nearly three dozen Democratic amendments.

May 15, 2025
Ep299: FEOC Restrictions: The House Passed Foreign Entity of Concern Restrictions
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Kristina Costa, Ted Lee and Kyle Sweeney join us to discuss their concerns with the FEOC restrictions in the budget reconciliation bill.

May 22, 2025
Ep298: Summary of Tax Provisions from House Ways and Means Committee
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Hilary Lefko, Norton Rose Fulbright partner, joins us to discuss the Republicans' proposed plans for the future of renewable tax credits to be folded into the budget reconciliation bill later this year.

May 16, 2025
Tax Equity News: Effects of House Tax Bill on Projects
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The House Ways and Means Committee approved $3.8 trillion in tax proposals on Wednesday morning by a 26-19 party-line vote.

May 15, 2025
Presentation Slides: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill: Way & Means Chairman’s Mark - Energy Tax Credit Implications
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Here are the slides from a presentation that I gave to Jefferies LLC for its Washington Policy Series.

May 15, 2025
Equipment Restrictions In ERCOT
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Project developers and O&M contractors risk violating Texas law if they use equipment from China or supplied by Chinese-owned companies in projects that are connected to the power grid.

May 17, 2025