With the United States on the cusp of an IRA-driven surge in utility-scale PV deployment, Mark Bolinger and Joachim Seel of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory cover key technology and market trends in this synopsis of their annual “Utility-Scale Solar” report series.
Between US$7 and US$9 billion in transferable tax credit transactions were made last year in the US, according to a report from Crux, an ecosystem for entities to transact and manage transferable tax credits.
Renewables asset manager Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) has completed a US$148 million tax equity financing commitment with RBC Community Investment.
A provision under the US Inflation Reduction Act allowing for federal tax credit transfers for solar projects is creating whole new market, giving developers flexibility to sell such credits to third parties to capture maximum value or reduce risk, says a legal and commercial advisor.
The largest climate package in US history promises to turbocharge the country’s solar sector, but considerable uncertainty remains around the impact the Inflation Reduction Act will have and how it will be enforced by authorities, writes Sean Rai-Roche.
US tracker manufacturers are planning to ramp up production capacity as they take advantage of support included in the country’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
US solar players have hailed the country’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Joe Biden this week, as a once-in-a-generation legislation that lays the groundwork for accelerated PV deployment and a significant ramp-up in domestic manufacturing.
