Greentech Media (“GTM”) held its renewables financing briefing on March 14, 2019 in New York City. The briefing consisted of presentations from three Wood MacKenzie consultants and a discussion with...

A Word About Wind has published my article about offshore wind in the United States as part of its Legal Power List 2018 special report. The article discusses how offshore wind projects, such as Vineyard Wind,

In its Finance Quarterly, A Word About Wind has published a brief Q&A between David Burton and its editor Richard Heap. The Q&A touches on a variety of issues related to wind in the US, including tax reform, t

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The production tax credit (PTC) is the force that spurred the U.S. wind industry from an immaterial segment of power generation in the early 1990s to providing the fastest-growing job in America

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David Burton examines the Tax Court’s recent analysis in Leland v. Commissioner, favoring a lawyer’s bid for exception from the passive activity loss rules for his ‘‘material participation’’ of more than...

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On Oct. 31, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Private Letter Ruling (PLR) 201444025, which was addressed to a manufacturer of solar...

In many renewable energy transactions, a ‘‘developer fee’’ is a critical feature—it is often the means by which the developer extracts its profits from months or years of work and risk.

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