Renewable Energy Finance: State of Play By Keith Martin, Norton Rose FulbrightAugust 22, 2017 Four project developers did a rapid survey across the renewable energy finance landscape at the 14th annual Wall Street Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York in late June. The conference is organized by the American Council on Renewable Energy and Euromoney. The four are Jim Murphy, president and chief operating officer of Invenergy, Gaetan… Read more
Offshore Wind in the US: A Look at Industry Prospects By George Felcyn, Bracewell, LLPMay 2, 2017 Proponents of renewable energy in the U.S. have watched as a growing number of once promising innovations—from solar and onshore wind farms to geothermal and distributed generation—have increasingly achieved commercial scale around the country. Yet the development of large-scale offshore wind projects has lagged that of its renewable counterparts in the U.S., as well as… Read more
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
