New ACORE Analysis Reflects on U.S. Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Finance Amid COVID-19 By Lesley Hunter and Maheen AhmadJuly 13, 2020 By: Lesley Hunter and Maheen Ahmad July 14, 2020 As the renewable sector faces the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ACORE’s new analysis, Expectations for Renewable Energy Finance in 2020-2023, collates industry perspectives on the near-term environment for renewable finance and assesses progress on ACORE’s $1T 2030 campaign. ACORE launched the $1T 2030 campaign in… Read more
Making Sure Renewable Energy is in Your Business Plan for the Economic Recovery By Mona DajaniJuly 1, 2020 By: Mona Dajani, Partner and Global Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP July 1, 2020 While stay-at-home orders, travel restrictions and global supply chain constraints have led to renewable energy project delays, and challenges securing financing and monetizing federal tax credits, there’s consensus among industry observers that renewable energy needs… Read more
ACORE CEO Greg Wetstone Testifies Before Congress, Highlights Sobering Toll of COVID-19 on Renewable Energy Jobs and Calls for Immediate Action By Daniel WolfJune 24, 2020 By: Daniel Wolf June 25, 2020 Last week, the Energy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing entitled, “Reviving our Economy: COVID-19’s Impact on the Energy Sector.” Witnesses included Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy and current Energy Futures Initiative President and CEO; Rich Powell, ClearPath Executive Director; and our… Read more
Fact Check: Planet of the Humans Gets It Fundamentally Wrong on Renewable Energy By Lesley HunterMay 12, 2020 By: Lesley Hunter May 12, 2020 Renewable energy today provides nearly a fifth of America’s electricity generation, and that share continues to increase as renewable power improves the performance of our electric system, reduces carbon emissions and provides numerous other benefits for the environment, public health and the economy. However, you wouldn’t learn any of… Read more
COVID-19 Hinders Progress in U.S. Renewable Energy Job Growth By Maheen AhmadApril 22, 2020 By: Maheen Ahmad April 23, 2020 U.S. employment in the renewable energy sector increased in 2019 and was expected to continue growing in 2020. However, the global COVID-19 pandemic has stopped clean energy job growth in its tracks. Supply chain disruptions, social distancing measures, project delays and cancellations, and other pandemic-related factors are significantly… Read more
Examining Priorities for Transmission and Renewable Integration By Tyler StoffApril 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 By: Tyler Stoff This post follows Part 1, Assessing the Impact of FERC’s MOPR and BSM Decisions on Wholesale Markets, which was released earlier this month. In early March, ACORE members joined an Executive Meeting in Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2020 ACORE Policy Forum to assess the effects of emerging power and integration issues on renewable growth. The… Read more
