Reflections on a Decade of Nonprofit Education on Wind and Solar Energy: An Interview with Doug Fredrickson and Ed Zaelke BlogBy Kevin O'RourkeDecember 2, 2020By: Kevin O’Rourke December 2, 2020 Doug Fredrickson is the former Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Blattner Energy and Ed Zaelke is a Partner and the Head of Energy Project Finance at McDermott Will & Emery. Both Doug and Ed served as board members of the Wind Energy Foundation (WEF), which became the Wind…
ACORE Hosts its First-Ever Virtual Grid Forum BlogBy Maheen Ahmad and Adam CareyNovember 25, 2020By: Maheen Ahmad and Adam Carey November 25, 2020 ACORE’s annual Grid Forum convenes renewable energy industry executives and thought leaders to explore the business opportunities, policy and regulatory issues, and technology challenges associated with integrating increasingly high penetrations of renewable electricity on the grid. This year, on November 17-18, ACORE hosted its first-ever virtual Grid Forum with the theme “maximizing renewables integration through grid modernization.” Hundreds of attendees…
How Can Hydrogen Enable 100% Renewable Targets? BlogBy Maheen Ahmad and Peter ThompsonNovember 10, 2020By: Maheen Ahmad and Peter Thompson November 11, 2020 Industry leaders gathered recently on an ACORE State of the Industry Webinar to discuss hydrogen’s role in in the clean energy transition. The discussion was moderated by Megan Berge, Partner at Baker Botts, and featured panelists Michael Ducker, Vice President of Renewable Fuels at Mitsubishi Power,…
The Value of Energy Storage: Air Pollution and Climate Benefits BlogBy Lesley HunterOctober 28, 2020By: Lesley Hunter October 28, 2020 Energy storage – an industry that currently employs more than 80,000 U.S. workers – provides several benefits to the power grid that sometimes go unrecognized. This case study provides examples of storage solutions that serve as viable replacements to traditional sources of power generation and result in lower…
Connecting the Dots: Smart Climate Policy Coalescing Around Key Priorities BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 27, 2020By: Tyler Stoff October 27, 2020 In January 2020, ACORE released Advancing America’s Climate Leadership: Policy Options That Most Effectively Put Renewable Energy to Work, a report that examined notable climate policy approaches for their impact on renewable energy growth and investment, including a federal high-penetration renewable or clean energy standard, a technology-neutral tax credit,…
The Value of Energy Storage: Military Resilience, Grid Reliability and Customer Savings BlogBy Lesley HunterOctober 21, 2020By: Lesley Hunter October 21, 2020 America’s armed forces require cost-competitive energy sources that can stand up to unexpected threats and bounce back from challenges. With two new projects, energy storage is proving itself up to the task. These case studies of U.S. Army and Navy projects highlight how energy storage – a sector…
Not Your Parents’ Carbon Price: Climate-Aware Wholesale Energy Markets Can Be An Effective, Consensus Part Of the Climate Solution BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 7, 2020By: Tyler Stoff October 7, 2020 Nearly 70% of the nation’s electricity moves through organized wholesale energy markets, where electricity is bought and sold among generators, utilities and traders before reaching end-use customers. These markets are operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs), and regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
Recap of ACORE’s First-Ever Virtual REFF-Wall Street BlogBy Maheen Ahmad and Adam CareySeptember 22, 2020By: Maheen Ahmad and Adam Carey September 23, 2020 REFF-Wall Street is America’s premier renewable finance event. This year, with the well-being of attendees, partners and staff as the number one priority, the industry gathered on September 9 and 10 for a first-ever virtual experience. The event, hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy…
Multi-Resource “Hybrid” Power Plants are the Present and Future of Energy Generation BlogBy Tyler StoffAugust 19, 2020By: Tyler Stoff August 19, 2020 Single-resource power plants, like a field of solar panels or a hillside of wind turbines, are foundational to the modern renewable energy economy. They work well under the conditions of today’s grid. As renewable penetration increases, more complex projects can offer a new and expanded array of services, further…
Macro Grid in the Congressional Limelight BlogBy Tracy WarrenAugust 3, 2020By: Tracy Warren August 3, 2020 “The pursuit and achievement of a Macro Grid – an interregionally connected backbone for the nation’s transmission grid – is essential for the United States to achieve its climate goals and ‘charge up’ the economy.” This was the message that Beth Soholt, the Executive Director of the Clean Grid…
