Renewable Energy | Cleantech Incentives

Our partners at the state of Washington are aggressively pursuing efforts to become 100% reliant on non-carbon emitting energy by 2045. Recently, they have created an office of renewable fuels within the Washington Department of Commerce, and state lawmakers created new tax breaks for renewable energy projects.

Anaerobic digesters – property and leasehold excise tax exemption.

Clean alternative fuel and plug-in hybrid vehicles – sales/use tax exemptions.

Clean alternative fuel commercial vehicle and vehicle infrastructure B&O or PUT tax credit.

Electric vehicle infrastructure (charging stations), batteries, and fuel cells – sales/use tax exemption, leasehold tax exemption.

Electric vessel and marine batteries and shoreside infrastructure sales/use tax exemption.

Electric vessel and marine propulsion system sales/use tax exemption.

Hog fuel sales & use tax exemption.

Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles – sales/use tax exemptions.

Public utility tax credit for incentive payments made to owners meeting the state energy performance standard.

Ride-share vehicles.

Sales and use tax deferral program for clean energy investment projects.

Sales and use tax exemption for anaerobic digesters and equipment used to process biogas from landfills and anaerobic digesters.

Solar canopy sales and use tax deferral.

Solar energy system and components of solar energy systems manufacturers – reduced B&O tax rate.

Solar energy system sales tax exemption.