{"id":882,"date":"2023-03-23T19:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leyton.majjane.agency\/us\/case_study\/groundwork-renewables-substantial-credits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:22:24","slug":"groundwork-renewables-substantial-credits","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/insights\/case-study\/groundwork-renewables-substantial-credits\/","title":{"rendered":"R&#038;D Case Study: GroundWork Renewables&#8217; substantial Credits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/01\/GroundWork-Renewables-logo.png\" alt=\"Reference Solar Data Expert Qualifies for Government Incentive\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"leyton-stat-quote\">Reference Solar Data Expert Qualifies for Government Incentive<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"case-study-intro\">Discover how GroundWork Renewables, a renewable energy company with a mission to accelerate the success of solar in leading utility-scale energy production, was able to benefit from the R&amp;D Tax Credit from 2018-2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-1219932634_711x455px.jpg\" alt=\"How They Were Innovating\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>How They Were Innovating<\/h2>\n<p>Throughout the design and development process, GroundWork Renewables applied principles of Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science to overcome the project\u2019s technical uncertainties. Specifically, they applied these principles to design an I-V curve tracer, cloud-based software platforms, and data management systems. GroundWork Renewables also designed a custom trailer and <strong>engineering<\/strong> products for irradiance measurement systems and more for clients in the <strong>solar<\/strong> industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/03\/Solar_Panel_Engineer_RGB_711x455px-1.jpg\" alt=\"Impact of the R&amp;D Tax Credit\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Impact of the R&amp;D Tax Credit<\/h2>\n<p>By leveraging the expertise of Leyton&#8217;s technical and tax experts, Groundwork Renewables was able to claim a substantial amount through the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/rd-tax-credit-never-claimed\/\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Research &amp; Development Tax Credit<\/mark><\/a><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">.<\/mark><\/strong> This allowed the company to focus on developing client relationships while also receiving another source of cash flow. The influx in cash has made it possible for them to purchase new raw materials and hire employees to support future growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>GroundWork Renewables Qualified R&amp;D Projects<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/01\/RD-in-Oil-Gas.png\" alt=\"GroundWork Renewables Qualified R&amp;D Projects\" \/><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Designed, developed, and manufactured a product capable of monitoring the complete performance of a solar panel array<\/mark><\/li>\n<li><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Developed an application to generate consistent and error-free datalogger programs for the Company&#8217;s fleet of solar resource assessment and operational Meteorological systems<\/mark><\/li>\n<li><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Worked to increase the accuracy of solar power performance modeling while investigating methods to minimize installation and maintenance costs<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The GroundWork and Leyton team members had a strong relationship through the entire delivery process. GroundWork is extremely satisfied with the deliverable from the expert team at Leyton! GroundWork\u2019s experience with Leyton\u2019s services was fantastic. We were extremely pleased with the Leyton team overall. the Leyton team understood our technical and tax needs.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Darren Prock, COO \u2014 Groundwork Renewables<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-513368003.jpeg\" alt=\"Darren Prock, COO\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How this energy technology company claimed multiple years of the R&#038;D Tax Credit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,302],"tags":[101,195,119],"expertise":[370],"class_list":["post-882","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rd-tax-credit-en","category-technology-en","tag-innovation-en","tag-solar-en","tag-technology-en","expertise-innovation-funding-incentives"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R&amp;D for Energy Technology | Leyton Case Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Did you know you can claim the Research &amp; Development Tax Credit for Energy Technology? 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