2026's Clean Energy Developer Mandate: Differentiation and Speed

LevelTen News
March 10, 2026

The clean energy transition has entered a new chapter, one where confidence in decision-making and strategy-setting has never mattered more. In North America, OBBBA has introduced new scarcity for tax credits, meaning developers must efficiently connect with the right counterparties to contract with their finite, tax-credit-qualified project supply.

While development has encountered substantial new challenges, demand for clean energy continues to grow. Data center infrastructure and C&I decarbonization goals are driving procurement volumes that we believe could outpace 2025. 

In this fast-moving environment, winning means making sure your projects stand out from the spreadsheet pack. 

A Platform Built to Empower Developers

In August, we launched the new LevelTen Platform to provide the infrastructure a faster market demands. Today, we are unveiling improvements that ensure your projects don’t just get seen — they get valued for development progress, as well as your team's expertise and proven track record.

Here's how we’ve continued to reimagined the origination for developers:

  • Stop Competing on Price Alone: Buyers are looking beyond the bottom line. LevelTen's new platform highlights your project's Development Maturity and in-market experience, not just your financial offer. 
  • Streamlined In-Platform Collaboration: Issuers now have the ability to work directly with you in-platform to request and track changes.
  • Leverage Automated Milestones: Stay on track with automatic prompts to keep your deal progressing without constantly checking in.

Don’t Just Keep Up — Lead.

The 2026 market won't wait for "business as usual." The developers who win this year will be those who can prove their projects provide certainty, and move with the speed the market demands.

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LevelTen Energy

LevelTen Energy is the leading provider of transaction infrastructure for the clean energy transition, connecting buyers, sellers, and financiers through an international marketplace powered by trusted data and automation. The LevelTen Marketplace supports power purchase agreements (PPAs), energy attribute credits (EACs), capacity, hybrid PPAs, granular certificate trading, and storage, so organizations can execute and manage clean energy transactions with confidence. With a network of more than 1,300 project developers in 35 countries, LevelTen is advancing carbon-free energy markets by making them more transparent, liquid, and accessible.

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