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Expert analysis on IRA tax credits, clean energy incentives, and credit monetization strategies — written for finance teams, developers, and project sponsors.

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IRA Transferable Tax Credits: The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Credits

Learn how to buy or sell IRA transferable tax credits. Covers eligible credits, pricing, deal structure, broker platforms, and IRS filing requirements.

IncentEdge Research Team·March 1, 2026·14 min readRead Article
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IRA Deep Dives

Tax Equity vs. Credit Transferability: Choosing the Right IRA Structure

Compare tax equity financing vs. IRA credit transferability. Understand timing, returns, complexity, and which structure maximizes value for your clean energy project.

March 1, 202612 min read
IRA Deep Dives

IRA Bonus Adders: How to Stack Credits From 30% to 70%

Learn how IRA bonus adders (energy community, domestic content and low-income) can raise the ITC from 30% to as much as 70%, and how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act deadlines for wind and solar affect them.

March 1, 202611 min read
IRA Deep Dives

ITC vs. PTC: Which Credit Maximizes Your Clean Energy Project's Value?

Compare the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Production Tax Credit (PTC). Learn when to choose each based on project economics, technology type, and financing timeline.

March 1, 202611 min read
IRA Deep Dives

Section 45Q Carbon Capture Tax Credit: Complete Guide

Section 45Q provides $85/ton for geologic storage, and since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act the same rate for utilization and EOR at newer facilities. Learn how to qualify and monetize 45Q credits.

March 1, 202612 min read
IRA Deep Dives

Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit: Complete Guide

Section 45V offers up to $3/kg for clean hydrogen. Learn the 4 credit tiers, 45VH2-GREET model, additionality requirements, and final Treasury rules.

March 1, 202613 min read
Finance Team Guides

How IRA Incentives Work in Clean Energy Project Finance

How IRA tax credits flow through clean energy project finance structures. Tax equity, transferability, debt sizing, and incentive stacking for solar, wind, and storage projects.

March 1, 202613 min read
Finance Team Guides

IRA Incentive Due Diligence: Your 48-Hour Framework

A step-by-step due diligence framework for IRA tax credit deals. Eligibility verification, credit calculation, recapture risk, and a complete documentation checklist.

March 1, 202610 min read
Finance Team Guides

Direct Pay Under the IRA: Monetizing Credits Without Tax Liability

Section 6417 direct pay allows nonprofits, governments, and tribal entities to receive IRA tax credits as cash refunds. Learn eligibility, election procedures, and limitations.

March 1, 202610 min read
Finance Team Guides

PACE + ITC Stacking: The Commercial Energy Upgrade Financing Stack

Learn how to stack PACE financing with the ITC and other IRA credits. PACE covers upfront costs and the ITC reduces tax liability, a strong combination for commercial projects.

March 1, 202612 min read
Developer Resources

IRA Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Requirements: Complete Guide

How IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements affect your tax credit rates. Compliance requirements, bonus credit rates, and safe harbor rules for 2026.

March 1, 202610 min read
Developer Resources

What Happened to the Section 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended Section 45L for homes acquired after June 30, 2026. What the credit was, who can still claim it, and what New York programs are available instead.

March 1, 202612 min read
Developer Resources

What Happened to the Section 179D Commercial Building Deduction

Section 179D ended for property whose construction begins after June 30, 2026. Who can still claim it, what it is worth, and what New York programs are available instead.

March 1, 202612 min read
Developer Resources

Top Tax Credits and Incentives for Real Estate Developers

A ranked list of the federal credits and financing tools real estate developers can still use after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, from the Section 48E investment tax credit to PACE financing.

March 1, 202612 min read
Developer Resources

LIHTC + IRA Credits: Stacking Guide for Affordable Housing

How to stack Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) with IRA credits including the ITC and bonus adders, and why Section 45L no longer belongs in the stack. Maximize value per unit in affordable housing projects.

March 1, 202613 min read
Developer Resources

New York Clean Energy Incentive Stack: Federal + State + Utility

Complete guide to New York clean energy incentives in 2026. NYSERDA programs, NY Green Bank, Con Edison rebates, and how to stack them with federal IRA credits.

March 1, 202614 min read
Developer Resources

California Solar & Clean Energy Incentive Stack (2026)

How California solar developers can stack federal IRA credits with CPUC programs, SGIP storage rebates, and utility incentives. Maximize your project value.

March 1, 202613 min read
Developer Resources

Get a Retrofit Estimate from the IncentEdge API

Step-by-step guide to the IncentEdge Estimate API: request a costed, incentive-stacked retrofit estimate for a New York City or Westchester building and keep an audit artifact, in Python and JavaScript.

March 1, 202610 min read
Policy Updates

State of IRA Incentives 2026: The Annual Market Report

Annual overview of the IRA tax credit landscape in 2026: how the transfer market is maturing, what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act changed, and which federal credits still apply to new projects.

March 1, 202615 min read
Policy Updates

IRA Policy Tracker: March 2026

IRA tax credit policy, Treasury guidance, and program changes as of March 2026, corrected in September 2026 to cover the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

March 1, 202610 min read

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