More than 1,400 people listened to a roundtable discussion among five Washington insiders two days after the election in early November about what the results mean for renewable energy...

by Heather Mehta, Laura Norin and Brandon Charles, with MRW & Associates, LLC in Oakland, California  California’s renewable energy industry can breathe a sigh of relief now that voters have ...

The following is an edited transcript from a roundtable discussion that took place at the Solar Power International 2010 convention in October in Los Angeles among three developers and three finan...

Pennsylvania is poised to take off as a solar market as a result of an “alternative energy portfolio standard” adopted in 2004 whose solar targets are expected to ramp up rapidly...

“Good for business, good for the UK” is a theme of much UK government rhetoric that has been reflected in a series of “good for business” tax changes...

In a feat of legal gymnastics worthy of Cirque du Soleil, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in late October largely blessed in concept a proposed feed-in tariff in California for small coge...

Chadbourne hosted a workshop for the multilateral lending and export credit agencies on renewable energy projects in emerging markets in September in its offices in Washington...

The UK chancellor, George Osborne, revealed more information about the UK government’s plans for a green investment bank in the comprehensive spending review in late October...

The election results in California mean that the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program remains on track for an expected launch in 2012.

Start-of-Construction Issues remain a focus for many US renewable energy companies as the year draws to a close...

Proposition 26, which passed on November 2 in California, may inadvertently subject Treasury cash grants on renewable energy projects to taxes in California unless the state legislature votes by N...

A bi-partisan deficit reduction commission appointed by President Obama said in early November that Congress should consider eliminating all special tax incentives...

Series LLCs were helped by proposed regulations the Internal Revenue Service issued in September.

The US Patent Office has issued as many as 122 patents on tax products and has another 151 applications pending.

India plans to launch a green bank that would provide funds to wind, solar, tidal and other renewable energy projects.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions are skyrocketing.

A tax idea was not stolen, a state appeals court in California concluded in late October. John S...

Solar rebates to homeowners by their local utilities must be reported in some cases as income...

Solar curtain walls qualify for federal tax credits, the IRS ruled privately...

Qatar adopted a new 10% corporate income tax on October 6 that will apply retroactively to corporate profits earned in the country since last January...

Municipal utilities can make bilateral sales of renewable energy credits from wind, solar or other renewable energy projects they own without fear that the projects will be considered put ...

Temporary utility rate increases are not compensation for storm losses, the IRS said in an internal memo. The conclusion is important because it let the utility deduct the storm losses...

President Obama signed a “Plain Writing Act” on October 13 that would require federal agencies to write tax forms, instructions and other public documents in plain English.