New York launched a renewable energy solicitation enlisting multiple agencies to expedite the process and get as many projects as possible approved while they still can qualify for federal tax credits.

If the U.S. clean energy industry had to lose the federal incentives, it could not have happened at a better time, says columnist K Kaufmann.

As solar development companies race to meet the deadlines by which they can secure federal investment tax credits before the program expires, developers see a better-than-expected short-term outlook but a grim long term.

ACP reported a drop in the pipeline of new projects as federal policies shifted this year, but installations have yet to be impacted by those changes.

New York’s Build-Ready program seeks to place renewable generation on sites such as landfills, abandoned industrial sites and dormant electric-generating facilities, but thus far it has struggled to find suitable locations.

Two laws signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy aim to dramatically expand the state’s community solar and storage incentive programs as the state searches for new generation sources to help meet a predicted energy shortfall.

The company that plans to restart the Palisades nuclear facility in Michigan is pushing to build four 300-MW small modular reactors on the site of the decommissioned Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey.