International Monetary Fund analysts find that the IRA will be hobbled unless policymakers greatly speed up permitting for renewables projects. Their numbers show that permitting issues could alter current approval timelines and cause a drop in emissions decline estimates by about a third. The article also touches on the encumbered attempts on Capitol Hill to overhaul permitting.

The IRA’s provision that allows private nonprofits and government entities to receive clean and alternative energy tax credits through direct cash payments is proving to be a boon. It paves the way for orgs to receive over 30% of a project’s cost in cash payments for clean energy investments. This article walks through the details re legibility and how to overcome learning curves.

Tigo Energy, a solar component and software provider, has a new Green Glove program for C&I installers to guide them from solar design through commissioning. The program borrows from manufacturing principles of total quality management, an organization-wide effort to ongoingly improve products and services.

This Greentech article details best practices around grounding a galvanized array. Topics include grounding the conductor to ufer ground connection, lighting protection, local codes and regulations, and maintenance and periodic checks.

This article discusses a recent webinar on the latest in grid-enhancing tech. It looks at new tech like advanced cable conductor designs, dynamic weather monitoring for line conditions, power flow controllers, and high-cable-density tower designs. It also touches on trends in state and federal regs involving the tech.

The Treasury and IRS issued procedural guidance for the 2024 program year of the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program under Section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code via the IRA. The program will open to applications in Q2 of 2024. It includes a 10 or 20% bonus to the ITC for qualified small solar or wind facilities in low-income communities.

In this Solar Conversation, Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy talks with Justin Hammond, Manager of Enterprise Resources at Energy Toolbase, an industry-leading software platform that facilitates project modeling, storage control and asset monitoring products to deploy projects in an efficient way.  In this conversation, Kerim & Justin talk about:

• Justin’s background and his role at Energy Toolbase.
• Energy Toolbase’s merger with Pason Power, to provide a cohesive suite of project estimating, storage control, and asset monitoring products, enabling solar and energy storage developers to more efficiently develop and deploy projects.
• Optimizing site-specific clean energy projects. Energy Toolbase’s different approaches to client engagements: site optimizations and portfolio assessments.
• Breakdown of Energy Toolbase’s reports. A walk through of the different data points within the comparative analysis of an optimized solar system, an optimized hybrid system, and an optimized standalone storage system.

• • The video is below.