Renewable Energy Policy Changes Lead to Damages Claims
Wind and solar companies and investors backing their projects have filed a large number of claims against the governments of Spain and the Czech Republic after the governments scaled back feed-in ...
The Power Industry in Transition
The power industry business model in the United States is under stress. Demand for electricity nationwide is growing at roughly a 0.9% annual rate...
UK Rooftop Solar Moves into High Gear
The UK government released a solar strategy in April that sets an ambitious goal of reaching one million solar rooftop installations by the end of 2015...
Rooftop Solar Gets Traction in China
Distributed solar has been receiving more attention and incentives from the Chinese central and local governments in the past 18 months...
Geothermal Market Poised For Growth
Geothermal power is currently a niche market...
Mexico is Set to Open its Power Sector
Mexico is moving to create a competitive power market open to private investment in almost all areas...
Outlook for Tidal Power
A group of ocean energy veterans talked at the 7th annual global marine renewable energy conference in Seattle in late April about what progress they are making to generate electricity from tidal ...
Wind Turbine Outlook
A panel of wind turbine manufacturers talked at the Global Windpower 2014 convention in Las Vegas in May about what changes are likely in wind turbines in the next five years, their order backlogs...
US Takes Steps to Advance LNG Exports
The US Department of Energy proposed changing its procedures in late May for acting on applications to export liquefied natural gas on a long-term, large-scale basis from the lower 48 states to co...
Environmental update
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed reducing US greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants in early June by 30% by 2030 from 2005 emissions...
State-Mandated Power Contracts
State-mandated power contracts remain under a cloud after a US appeals court said in early June that Maryland cannot force utilities to sign long-term power contracts at different prices than the ...
Tax Credits
Tax credits for renewable energy remain in limbo in Congress...
Treasury Cash Grant Litigation
Treasury cash grant litigation is moving closer to resolution...
REITs
REITs can own some solar equipment, the IRS said.
A Partly Contingent Purchase Price
A partly contingent purchase price creates tax complications...
Corporate inversions
Corporate inversions are becoming more common.
Chilean Projects
Chilean projects are expected to face higher taxes...
Rooftop solar
Rooftop solar has the potential to take away about 7% of retail electricity sales from US utilities, according to a report by Bernstein Research, an independent Wall Street research firm, in early June.
A European Financial Transactions Tax
A European financial transactions tax moves closer...
Efforts to Slow Renewable Energy
Efforts to slow renewable energy fail in three states, but lead to a freeze in one...
A Tax Planning Memo
A tax planning memo was not privileged and had to be disclosed to the IRS after the company shared the memo with its lenders...
More Solar Panels
More solar panels from China and Taiwan will be subject to US import duties, the US Department of Commerce said in early June. The duties are “countervailing” duties of 18...
Arizona
Arizona will start collecting property taxes in 2015 from solar companies that retain ownership of rooftop solar systems and lease them to customers after an effort failed in the legislature to overturn...
Ethanol Plants
Ethanol plants must be depreciated over seven years, the IRS said in May...
An Individual Was at Risk
An individual was at risk for half a loan even though he was unlikely to have to pay on his guarantee of the loan and may not have been able to do so...
Minor memos
The IRS may withdraw a private letter ruling it issued in 2012 that said investment tax credits can be claimed on solar projects owned by Indian tribes.
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