New York is planning a step back and a change of focus for a renewables program that never gained traction in the five years since it was launched.

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.

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.

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.

Russell Gold, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of two books, has joined T1 Energy in its quest to build an integrated domestic supply chain for the solar and battery sector.