Clean-tech CEOs: Extension, wind-down of solar tax credit both positives

BOULDER — The solar-energy industry as a whole hailed the extension of the federal Solar Investment Tax Credit in December as a great success that will help fuel investment in solar for years to come.

Local officials dealing in the renewable energy space, speaking at BizWest’s CEO Roundtable on clean tech Tuesday, certainly didn’t disagree with the credit’s value in giving the solar industry a chance to blossom. But they also cautioned that such credits could become too much of a good thing for the industry at some point.

The roundtable — sponsored by accounting firm EKS&H and law firm Berg Hill…