Five Energy and Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2020 By Emily WilliamsFebruary 3, 2020 By: Emily Williams The sustainable energy sector is headed into the Roaring Twenties, based on milestones reached in 2019, from surpassing 2 million solar installations to the largest renewable energy announcement in the automotive industry. From the perspective of our advisory practice for organizations seeking to save energy and cut carbon, we’ll be watching these… Read more
ACORE Examines Policy Options That Most Effectively Put Renewable Energy to Work By Tyler StoffJanuary 14, 2020 January 14, 2020 By Tyler Stoff With growing emphasis on climate policy heading into the 2020 election season, ACORE has released a white paper assessing notable climate policy approaches for their impact on renewable energy growth and investment, including a federal high-penetration renewable energy standard or clean energy standard, a technology-neutral tax credit, and carbon… Read more
Community Choice Aggregators on the Rise as an Alternative Electricity Provider By Ed Zaelke of McDermott Will & EmeryNovember 14, 2019 November 14, 2019 By Ed Zaelke Community choice aggregators (CCAs) are growing in popularity as an alternative electricity provider for communities that want more local control over their energy mix. And so, financiers, CCAs and other business leaders must assess what this growth means for the electric grid, utility business models and project finance. While… Read more
ACORE Hosts 2019 Renewable Energy Grid Forum in San Francisco By Adam CareyOctober 28, 2019 Thank you to those who made ACORE’s second annual Renewable Energy Grid Forum in San Francisco, Calif. such a success. The conference, which took place on Oct. 17, was attended by representatives from dozens of companies, including many ACORE members. From the larger sweeping conversations on how the power grid can adapt to 100%… Read more
Germany’s climate protection law: Opportunities for the storage sector By Flérida Regueira Cortizo and Anne Bräutigam of Germany Trade & InvestOctober 28, 2019 October 28, 2019 Flérida Regueira Cortizo, Anne Bräutigam Germany Trade & Invest On October 9, Germany’s Federal Cabinet passed a climate protection law making Germany the first country to adopt a binding roadmap towards greenhouse gas neutrality. It provides legally comprehensive climate targets for the transport, energy, industrial, building, agricultural and waste-management sectors. Several… Read more
Enacting a Federal Renewable Energy Standard: ACORE and Wilson Sonsini Dive Deep By Tyler StoffOctober 16, 2019 October 16, 2019 Tyler Stoff In advance of the 2019 Renewable Energy Grid Forum in San Francisco, ACORE and ACORE member firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are releasing a white paper entitled Enacting a Federal High-Penetration Renewable Energy Standard: Building on Proposals to Date and Addressing Important Additional Considerations. Today’s launch event highlights the… Read more
