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Clean Energy Tax Credits: New Guidance on Beginning of Construction for Wind and Solar Facilities

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 8/19/2025

On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released new guidance on the “beginning of construction” for wind and solar facilities under the clean electricity...more

Treasury Guidance Tightens "Beginning of Construction" Standards for Clean Energy Tax Credits, Eliminating 5% Safe Harbor for Wind...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/19/2025

On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42, providing long-awaited guidance on the “beginning of construction” requirements for wind and solar facilities under Sections 45Y and 48E of the...more

Treasury Releases New Beginning of Construction Guidance for Wind and Solar

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/18/2025

Treasury and the IRS today released guidance, Notice 2025-42 (the “Notice”), regarding what constitutes beginning of construction for solar and wind energy projects with respect to the production tax credit under Section 45Y...more

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Very Ugly for Wind and Solar

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 7/17/2025

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, significantly revising the U.S. tax code to reflect the Administration’s domestic energy, trade, and national security priorities. Among...more

‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ Signed Into Law and Executive Order With Major Impacts on Clean Energy Tax Credits

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/14/2025

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a budget reconciliation package that significantly modifies the clean energy tax credit framework established by the Inflation...more

Trump Executive Order Introduces Further Uncertainty for Wind and Solar Projects

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/14/2025

Days after signing into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which dramatically rolled back the availability of federal tax credits for solar and wind power projects, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO)...more

One Big Beautiful Bill: New Law Disrupts Clean Energy Investment

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/9/2025

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBB), which significantly rolls back many of the core tax incentives that clean energy projects have relied on since the passage of the...more

Currents - Energy Law Insights, V 9, Issue 6, June 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/20/2025

Welcome to our sixth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the...more

UPDATE: Senate Joins House in Targeting Solar and Wind—But Pushes Back on Storage, Geothermal, and Hydropower

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/19/2025

On June 16, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the tax provisions of the Reconciliation Bill. Like the House version (H.R. 1) passed on May 22, the Senate version targets solar and wind tax incentives for...more

California Dreaming Is Becoming a Reality: Solar Canals May Mean Having More Water As Well As More Solar Energy

(ACOEL) | American College of Environmental... on 4/28/2025

On March 25, 2025, the University of Southern California’s (USC’s) Public Exchange and independent advisor Solar Aquagrid announced the California Solar Canal Initiative, a seven-university project to assess the...more

Germany’s upcoming new government – what to expect in the climate and energy sector

A&O Shearman on 4/18/2025

After the German federal government break-up in November 2024 and the new elections in February 2025, the political parties – Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)/ Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and Social...more

Cybersecurity and Solar Power Vulnerability

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/11/2025

As noted , the renewable energy sector faces growing concerns over its vulnerability to cyberattacks. Since then, the situation has not improved; the U.S. electrical grid has grown more vulnerable to cyberattacks, with...more

Vision for American Energy Storage: Solar Energy Industries Association White Paper

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/7/2025

The Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”) has issued a January 2025 White Paper titled: Vision for American Energy Storage (“White Paper”)....more

Capturing the Sun: State Prompt Payment Acts' Effects on Solar Construction

DarrowEverett LLP on 1/30/2025

As the energy sector continues to expand, developers and contractors looking to expand their footprint are crossing state lines to construct energy projects. This is a good strategy for applying the same, successful...more

APAC Energy Pulse

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/6/2024

The Asia-Pacific region has experienced some headwinds in the renewable energy sector (particularly offshore wind) in recent times. These headwinds take the form of, for example, higher devex and capex costs, inadequacy or...more

Developer Perspectives on Today’s Energy Storage Markets

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 9/3/2024

In 2023, the world added an impressive 45 gigawatts/97 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, nearly tripling year-on-year growth, with the majority driven by battery storage installations. The global energy storage...more

Renewable Energy Update 8.05.24

Allen Matkins on 8/6/2024

According to the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proceeding with nine solar projects on public lands to potentially power nearly 2 million homes with clean energy. Among the projects, the...more

Real Property Taxation of Solar and Wind Energy Systems in New York State: Update

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 5/20/2024

An earlier Tax Tracker discussed the appraisal methodology for solar and wind energy projects in New York State under Section 575-b of the Real Property Tax Law: Real Property Taxation of Solar and Wind Energy Systems In New...more

Renewable Energy Update 3.21.24

Allen Matkins on 3/25/2024

The first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility...more

IRS and Treasury Issue Section 48 Investment Tax Credit Proposed Regulations

King & Spalding on 12/1/2023

Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) provides for an investment tax credit (“ITC”) for certain energy property. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) amended Section 48 in several...more

Understanding the energy transition in Central Asia and Caucasus

A&O Shearman on 11/28/2023

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have all set off on a journey of energy transition, but each of these countries is taking a path of its own, as Anton Konnov, Alexey Mareev and Arthur Minosyan explain....more

Breaking Down the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit Proposed Regulations

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/28/2023

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Nov. 17, 2023, released long-awaited proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) regarding the investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code. Section...more

2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/14/2023

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD)’s 2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report points to a new phase in the multi-generational journey to Net Zero. While 56% of our respondents are deepening their focus on their transition...more

Renewable Energy Update - 7.06.23

Allen Matkins on 7/7/2023

Jobs in the U.S. energy industry rose 3.8% last year, faster than overall employment growth and led by work in clean energy, the Department of Energy said last Wednesday. According to the U.S. Energy and Employment Report,...more

Microwave Transmission of Space-Based Solar Power: The Focus of New Attention

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 6/16/2023

Scientists have long proposed that solar electricity generation in space could be an integral component of the world’s carbon-free future. In the 1970s, a U.S. Navy experiment showed that it might be possible to capture solar...more

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