Renewable Energy Tax Credits

Overview

Our team understands the complexities of the production tax credit, the investment tax credit, and the new markets tax credit—all of which are used to finance commercial renewable energy development. We help investors, lenders, developers, owners, and national syndicators leverage available resources to structure these powerful renewable energy tax credits in project financing. Our multidisciplinary experience differentiates us as a leader in this space.

Our team has worked with clients on the development and financing of energy installations of all sizes, including residential rooftop solar facilities; utility-scale, ground-mounted solar facilities for the military; single wind turbines; and large wind farms. Many of our clients’ projects focus on building sustainable energy infrastructure that will carry us into the future. We help maximize opportunities to finance this important work.

Representative experience

• Solar projects and the creation of funds across the country Represent a major financial institution on numerous multi-million dollar transactions as investor’s counsel
• Largest solar photovoltaic facility in North America Represent a tax credit investor in negotiating and structuring an equity investment
• Solar energy tax credits Represent an investor in its investment in the tax credits that will be generated from installations on the rooftops of six affordable housing complexes
• 4.9 MW solar thermal system Represent a tax credit investor in connection with the system that will provide hot water daily to a nearby processing plant
• New solar facility on a university campus Represent a financial institution in closing a construction-permanent loan for the financing of solar facility

Recognition

• Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Energy Law and Tax Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.
• Ranked in Chambers USA for Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy.