Understanding the Legal Challenges to the Clean Power Plan By Fabian KoehrerOctober 12, 2016 On August 3rd, 2015, President Barak Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP sets the first national standards to address carbon pollution from existing power plants and demonstrates to the global community that the United States is willing to take action to combat climate change.… Read more
ACORE’s US-Canada Renewable Energy Forum Highlights Climate Week NYC By Scott ClausenSeptember 8, 2016 On Thursday, September 22nd, ACORE presented the US-Canada Renewable Energy Forum, with the support of the Canadian Consulate in New York, Brookfield Asset Management and Phillips Lytle, LLP. Held during Climate Week NYC, the forum discussed recent policy developments and worked to identify opportunities for collaboration and cross-border projects to increase the development of renewable energy in the United States and… Read more
Community Solar Power: A Look at the Business Models Behind Shared Solar By Kenneth KramerJune 6, 2016 With most residential rooftop area in the U.S. unsuitable for traditional PV panels, the community solar model provides many customers a cost effective alternative for “going solar.” Community solar brings policy benefits like net metering, similar to rooftop installations, and models have developed, and continue to evolve, that allow customers to access community solar through… Read more
Driving Growth in a New Policy Landscape By Gregory WetstoneApril 18, 2016 This year’s annual National Renewable Energy Policy Forum, hosted by ACORE, took place on the heels of an important policy update for key technologies. In December 2015, Congress approved a combined tax and budget package giving wind and solar what amounts to between five and seven years of policy “certainty” for investors and developers. But tax… Read more
In the Fortune 500, Clean Energy is Good for Business By Kevin HaleyMarch 30, 2016 Fortune 500 companies are at an all-time high in terms of value – some $17+ trillion dollars as of this time last year. The explosive growth of tech businesses in particular, Google, Amazon, Apple and many more, has set the standard for modern capitalism in terms of profits and advancement up the Fortune list. But… Read more
Renewable Asset Management: Solutions for Growth By Chris McCloskey, PricewaterhouseCoopersFebruary 9, 2016 Renewable energy is revolutionizing the global energy markets; in fact, in some regions, renewables are growing so quickly that they are the leading source of new generating capacity. As a larger and broader group of investors embrace renewables and incorporate them into their portfolios, they expect these assets to be well-managed, generating a steady financial… Read more
