Trump Treasury Weighs Fate of Hundreds of Wind, Solar Projects

A Treasury Department decision due next week threatens to undermine the financial viability of hundreds of planned clean energy projects, adding to an escalating Trump administration campaign against wind and solar power.

President Donald Trump last month ordered the department to tighten long-standing guidance used to determine whether projects can qualify for clean-energy tax credits.

Until now, projects were eligible if developers spent at least 5% of the planned cost by a certain deadline. The president is pushing Treasury officials to significantly raise that amount or require developers to show more construction progress, which would make it more difficult, or ...