US federal tax regulators and Congress have been addressing offshore wind industry needs to make tax equity financing more efficient, while the Department of Energy revamps its loan program to make $3 billion available to help build the offshore wind industry, experts said April 8. Tax equity investments have become popular in the US as a way to finance renewable energy projects, with $13 billion made in 2019, Scott Zimmermann, partner with law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, said during a webinar about offshore wind supply chain opportunities and challenges. The webinar was hosted by the National Offshore Wind ... (full story)