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Impax Asset Management has expressed concerns about the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), due to complications arising from the clean-energy tax credits included in the legislation, which they believe cause inefficiencies in the financial structuring of green projects and result in less funding for environmentally beneficial projects. In the broader context, the article discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing battery energy storage systems (BESS) to support clean energy and climate goals, emphasizing the need for fast and wide-ranging infrastructure enactment to shift energy supply to clean, renewable sources. Other issues addressed in the article include the need to update interconnection regulations, the impacts of federal policies on storage adoption, identifying suitable locations for BESS projects, and the challenges in implementing the hydrogen strategy despite substantial government subsidies and tax credits.
Impax Critiques US Inflation Reduction Act’s Efficacy
Green investment leader, Impax Asset Management, voices concerns about the challenges linked to the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), particularly regarding the clean-energy tax credits encapsulated within.
Green Investment Complications
Impax contends the complexity of these tax credits is causing financial inefficiency in green projects. The credits, often favoring financial intermediaries, potentially result in less funding reaching the actual environmentally beneficial projects.
Questioning the Inflation Reduction Act
This critique shines a light on the green investment community’s worries about the IRA’s efficiency and direct investment in green initiatives. Despite the IRA’s well-intended climate action goals, there are increasing doubts about its implementation.
Battery Energy Storage Systems in Clean Energy
The discussion extends to the broader implementation of battery energy storage systems (BESS), focusing on regulatory and siting challenges and opportunities. It underscores the need for rapid and broad-scale infrastructure establishment for a transition to clean, renewable energy sources.
Policy and Implementation Difficulties
Regulation updates, federal policy influences on storage adoption, and BESS project site identification are crucial. The article also delves into the expansion of siting potential for BESS under federal investment tax credits, local permitting hurdles, and BESS project impacts on local communities.
The US recently added $1 billion in demand side initiatives to $7 billion in hydrogen subsidies and significant tax credits to boost economic success in clean hydrogen production. However, challenges persist in the technical, environmental, and political realms of implementing the hydrogen strategy. Matters of potential economic barriers to the successful execution of the H2Hubs program and acceptance of hydrogen as a viable commercial alternative are also being addressed.
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