A Note from the Editors -
Our April edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the News, we profile WellDog for its work in...more
Last week, President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping announced that their two countries would sign the global climate accord on April 22. Senior U.S. officials noted that the commitment to cut carbon emissions...more
Last week Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) released a report entitled “Clean Jobs America,” a comprehensive analysis of clean energy and clean transportation jobs in the United States. The study found that over 2.5 million...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our March edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
Last week, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the results of a study exploring the potential impact of recently extended federal tax credits on the deployment of renewable generation...more
Earlier this week, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association announced that the United States installed 7.3 GW of solar photovoltaics in 2015, the largest total ever and 17 percent more than in 2014. Just as...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our February edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
2/24/2016
/ Bipartisan Agreement ,
Bipartisan Budget ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Tech ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Innovation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wastewater ,
Water
The start of the new year has brought with it numerous opportunities for energy tech funding from the Department of Energy. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been or are being given out to companies and research...more
In a press release last week, the analytics firm IHS predicted that the solar installation boom will continue in the United States in 2016 following the extension of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) last December. ...more
We are excited to present you with the second issue of Israel Connect — our quarterly newsletter focused on forging new connections and strengthening existing bonds between Israeli businesses and the US market. In our second...more
2/11/2016
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Biosimilars ,
D&O Insurance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Individual Accountability ,
Israel ,
Law Practice Management ,
Mobile Apps ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) ,
U.S. Embassies ,
Visa Applications ,
Visas ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
Last week, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling affirming that federal regulators may encourage large electricity users to reduce consumption at peak times in exchange for price breaks, a practice known as “demand...more
When one thinks of renewable energy and the growing movement to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the US military is not, perhaps, the first thing that comes to mind. In reality, however, the military is tied inextricably to...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our January edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our December edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. First, we feature...more
12/30/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Contamination ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Fracking ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
Tax Extenders ,
Water
Last week U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz awarded $125 million in funding for 41 cutting-edge energy technology projects under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program. ...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our November edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
11/17/2015
/ Arctic Drilling ,
Bipartisan Budget ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Crude Oil ,
Energy Storage ,
Recycling ,
Shell Oil ,
Solar Energy ,
Wastewater ,
Wind Power
Tom Burton, Chair of Mintz Levin’s Energy Technology Practice, has published a weekly installment providing insight into the challenges and possible solutions that, if implemented, promise a bright future as clean energy...more
10/29/2015
/ Advanced Batteries ,
Batteries ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
ISOs ,
Photovoltaic ,
Power Grid ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Southern California Edison ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Lines ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wind Power
On Wednesday, September 23, the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster and North Shore InnoVentures co-hosted the 2015 Clean Energy Storage Finance Forum at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). The event...more
The Problem: To DG or Not to DG – That’s The Question:
The rapid growth of distributed generation (DG) over the past two years is expected to continue: as of 2013, the U.S. installed one PV solar system every four...more
10/21/2015
/ Clean Energy ,
Community Shared Solar ,
Cost-Shifting ,
CPUC ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Governor Baker ,
Net Metering ,
PG&E ,
Photovoltaic ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Southern California Edison ,
Transmission Grid ,
Utilities Sector
The Problem: Finance Gap for Innovation Deployment -
The last decade has seen tremendous innovations in cleantech that have not only brought new products, but also a fall in prices to consumers. For example, the average...more
10/15/2015
/ Clean Energy ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Executive Orders ,
Financing ,
Green Banks ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
PACE ,
Photovoltaic ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Panels
A Note from the Editors -
Our October edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
10/9/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Community Shared Solar ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Crude Oil ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Innovation ,
NEPA ,
Obama Administration ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
RGGI ,
Social Entrepreneurship ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Extenders ,
Tribal Lands ,
Venture Capital
On August 3, the Obama Administration released the much anticipated final Clean Power Plan (CPP). The nation’s first ever standard to address power plan pollution has an ambitious overall goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 32%...more
10/8/2015
/ Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity Costs ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Implementation Plans (FIP) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Obama Administration ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
RGGI ,
Wind Power
The Problem: Supply and Demand Geographic Mismatch
Because much of America’s renewable energy supply is inland and demand is on the coasts (about 52% of the U.S. population is coastal), demand cannot meet supply without...more
9/30/2015
/ BOEM ,
CERCLA ,
Clean Energy ,
Commerce Clause ,
Demand Response ,
FCC ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Natural Gas Act ,
NREL ,
Offshore Wind ,
ONEOK v Learjet ,
Preemption ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Portfolio Standards ,
SCOTUS ,
Supremacy Clause ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Transmission Lines ,
Wind Farm ,
Wind Power
Although there are a variety of barriers to expanding clean technology’s reach across the United States, there are also numerous ways to optimize policy that will streamline renewable energy and cleantech at ever greater...more
A Note from the Editors -
Our September edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more
9/24/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Tech ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Ash ,
Congressional Committees ,
Crude Oil ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Fracking ,
Keystone XL Pipeline ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Obama Administration ,
Power Grid ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy