Tax Incentives for Clean Energy Businesses: Where to Focus Your Growth Strategy
Designed for small and midsize businesses operating in or expanding into the clean energy sector and GreenEdge Accelerator participants, and open to the full Boston Impact Initiative community, this session breaks down the federal and Massachusetts tax incentives available to emerging clean energy businesses, including federal credits, direct pay options, state programs, and how business structure affects eligibility. This is a business growth seminar led by practicing attorneys, focused on helping you make informed decisions as you scale. You'll leave knowing which incentives fit your sector and stage, and what to do now to position yourself to benefit. No tax background needed.
Presenter Bios:
Heather Cooper: Heather Cooper focuses her practice almost exclusively on federal income tax issues within the renewable and transitional energy industry. She has substantial experience advising clients on federal energy tax credits, including the investment tax credits (Sections 48 and 48E) and production tax credits (Sections 45 and 45Y). Additionally, Heather’s real-time analysis, webinars and client updates on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) have made her a go-to authority in the post-OBBBA world.
Her breadth of experience spans many technologies and tax incentives, including solar and wind (Sections 45, 48, 45Y and 48E), storage, fuel cell, hydrogen (Sections 48 and 45V), biomass, offshore, refined coal, hydro, waste, biogas, nuclear (Section 45U), renewable natural gas (Sections 48 and 45Z), manufacturing (Sections 45X and 48C), carbon sequestration (Section 45Q) and electric vehicles (Sections 30B, 30C, 30D, 45W and 48C).
John Zhang: John Zhang focuses his practice on US and international tax matters, with an emphasis on the healthcare and energy sectors. He advises institutional investors, strategic buyers, and fund sponsors on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, buyouts, recapitalizations, and joint venture formations.
In his energy practice, John leverages his strong foundation in the tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border restructuring transactions involving partnerships and corporations to advise project sponsors, investors, and developers on the tax structuring of renewable energy transactions, including those involving the investment tax credit, production tax credit, and emerging technologies eligible under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. His work spans solar, wind, battery storage, renewable fuels, and carbon capture projects, with experience navigating the complex tax equity structures and partnership arrangements that underlie these transactions.