Will Developers Seek the IRA Energy Community Tax Adder?
The energy community adders available through the Inflation Reduction Act provisions seek to revitalize communities that historically...
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Apr 116 min
Community Solar Prospective Program Opportunities in 2024
A community solar project has several benefits over a utility scale solar project. Because community solar projects are connected at the...
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dianedcherry
Feb 214 min
Fact vs. Fiction on Solar and Land Use Issues
The following blog post was completed in partnership with the Carolinas Clean Energy Business Association. The spread of misinformation...
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dianedcherry
Jan 65 min
Siting Renewable Energy Projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Why State Law Implementation Remains Stalled at the Local Level
Compared to other regions, the Southeast’s vertically integrated utility business environment dampens project development interest from...
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dianedcherry
Dec 13, 20232 min
Diane Cherry Consulting: 2023 Year in Review
This has been another successful year at Diane Cherry Consulting , working with clients and stakeholders on business development,...
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dianedcherry
Oct 30, 20235 min
How Much Does the IRA Energy Community Adder Matter?
For renewable energy developers, the IRA offers bonus tax credits for projects located in "energy communities," broadly defined as areas...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
Sep 15, 20232 min
Hydrogen Blending: An Uncertain Future Amidst Challenges
In the clean energy transition, hydrogen is growing as an alternative fuel that may power our future. When produced using renewable...
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Diane Cherry Consulting
Jul 21, 20232 min
Climate Receiver Places: Crucial for our Future
In today’s society, we constantly emphasize the need for urgent climate action. However, even with the most rapid and drastic societal...
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Suzanne Mullins
Jun 1, 20233 min
The Colorado River: Old Challenges, New Deals, and An Uncertain Future
The Colorado River has wound its way through the American Southwest for millions of years, carving canyons and providing water and life...
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dianedcherry
Apr 3, 20234 min
Hydrogen: Bullish But Challenges Remain
The global demand for hydrogen is 90 million metric tons (MMT) per year, 99 percent of which is produced by natural gas or coal. The U.S....
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dianedcherry
Mar 3, 20235 min
Land Use & Utility Scale Solar Development
Solar currently makes up three percent of U.S. electricity generation. To decarbonize the grid and meet President Biden’s goals to reduce...
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dianedcherry
Feb 15, 20238 min
What We are Reading: Speed & Scale
From the Library Of Diane Cherry Consulting - Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now by John Doerr We all know...
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dianedcherry
Jan 25, 20234 min
Is There a Winner for Long-Duration Energy Storage?
Figure taken from Fluence (via Leonardo Morena via LinkedIn) Long duration energy storage (LDES) – defined by the U.S. Department of...
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dianedcherry
Jan 24, 20236 min
FERC Interconnection Reforms: What Are They and What Do They Say?
Interconnection is one of the most important aspects for deployment of clean energy projects. Every grid-tied project goes through an...
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dianedcherry
Dec 16, 20222 min
Our 2022 Year in Review
It was a busy year for Diane Cherry Consulting, and we are thankful for all of our wonderful clients and new connections made in 2022....
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dianedcherry
Dec 16, 20225 min
Recap of 2022 Renewable Energy News
It is hard to find a bigger 2022 renewable energy milestone than passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Its $389 billion clean...
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Suzanne Mullins
Nov 7, 20224 min
Forever Chemicals, Perpetual Problems
Photo: Chemours Even if you do not know much about them, you have probably heard the term: PFAS, or per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances....
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dianedcherry
Sep 30, 20224 min
New Business Models Emerge in EV Charging: One Case Study
Koulomb Co-Founders Jeff Constantineau and Justin Taylor The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law seeks to develop a national electric vehicle...
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dianedcherry
Sep 27, 20224 min
Getting Real About EV Charging Infrastructure: Planning & Executing
In a November 2021 U.S. Conference of Mayors survey, more than half of the mayors identified all-electric vehicles as the “most promising...
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dianedcherry
Sep 2, 20223 min
New Business Models in Electric Vehicle Installation
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law seeks to develop a national electric vehicle (EV) charging network of 500,000 chargers by 2030. It...
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