Eliminating tax credits would reduce solar and wind deployment by half, says Brattle
“A wide array of resources is needed” to meet growing electricity demand, including hundreds of gigawatts of solar and wind capacity that can be deployed quickly but would be reduced by half without tax credits, says a report prepared for ConservAmerica.
Colorado’s push for a faster path to rooftop solar gains momentum
A bill for automated permits is gaining momentum in a state with some of the longest permitting timelines in the country.
Texas storage project secures $183 million in financing and tax equity
The 200 MWh Fort Duncan energy storage project currently under construction is expected to be operational by summer 2025 in ERCOT territory.
Buyer perspectives in $25 billion clean energy tax credit market
Tax credit transfer platform Reunion shares buyer habits and trends for 2025.
The story on storage
If all of the RFPs, applications and other utility proposals that were active at the end of 2024 are filled, utilities will add over 18.5 GW of energy storage capacity.
Community solar developer’s credit facility doubled to $300 million
Deutsche Bank and Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit partnered on upsizing the credit facility to support a 3.5 GW community solar pipeline in thirteen states.
ElectricFish ultra-fast EV charging solution
The 350Squared plug-and-play power bank requires no trenching and includes AI-powered forecasting with a bi-directional electricity meter, and two ultra-fast charging ports.
California community choice aggregator activates 600 MW solar, 390 MW storage
Two projects are expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 270,000 homes and created an estimated 950 construction jobs.
Rooftop solar saved California ratepayers $1.5 billion last year, finds report
But state regulators have dampened the market, saying it poses an $8.5 billion cost to ratepayers. A report from the California Solar and Storage Association challenges this argument.
Community solar up 42%, C&I up 18%, residential down 25%
Distributed solar fell 11% in 2024, dragged down by the residential segment, according to Ohm Analytics’s Q4-2024 report. However, signs of recovery emerged with a strong fourth quarter and increasing installation volumes throughout the year.
