Month: May 2024

The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the launch of an important new program to provide major incentives for income-eligible Maryland households to install solar panels. Contained in the Brighter Tomorrow Act of 2024 recently signed by Governor Wes Moore, the new Maryland Solar Access program will boost solar development in the state and make it …

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Senate Bill 152, “Saving Alaskans Money with Voluntary Community Energy,” has passed the Alaska State Legislature and now awaits Governor Dunleavy’s signature to become law. SB 152 will allow Alaskans to subscribe to community-owned solar arrays not located on their home or property, opening up clean energy access for the first time to the more …

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Schneider Electric announced a collaboration with Crux, a sustainable finance technology company, to purchase Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits from Silfab Solar. Schneider Electric’s purchase of these tax credits generated supplemental investment funds for Silfab to accelerate its expansion plans for American manufacturing of solar energy for commercial and residential utilization. “We are …

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The Dept. of Energy has announced more than $70 million in research and development selections to seed new technologies across the solar supply chain. Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will enable new entrants to the solar manufacturing market to establish their technologies and access more capital. The 18 selected projects will address gaps …

DOE invests $71 million in solar manufacturing R&D Read More »

The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q1 2024 edition of the 50 States of Power Decarbonization. The quarterly series provides updates on state and utility actions pertaining to clean energy targets, emission reduction targets and carbon policies, generation planning and procurement rules, integrated resource plans and electric generation capacity changes (RFPs, green …

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Today the Dept. of Treasury has released long-awaited further guidance concerning the domestic content bonus within the Inflation Reduction Act. Solar developers and installers that source iron and steel products and certain manufactured products from domestic producers can receive up to a 10% bonus to the investment tax credit (ITC) or production tax credit (PTC) …

More details on IRA domestic content bonus revealed today by Treasury, IRS Read More »