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Making Sure Renewable Energy is in Your Business Plan for the Economic Recovery

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…

ACORE CEO Greg Wetstone Testifies Before Congress, Highlights Sobering Toll of COVID-19 on Renewable Energy Jobs and Calls for Immediate Action

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…

Fact Check: Planet of the Humans Gets It Fundamentally Wrong on Renewable Energy

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…

COVID-19 Hinders Progress in U.S. Renewable Energy Job Growth

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…

Examining Priorities for Transmission and Renewable Integration

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…

Assessing the Impact of FERC’s MOPR and BSM Decisions on Wholesale Markets

April 2, 2020 By: Tyler Stoff 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 market and integration issues on renewable growth. Discussion included an analysis of FERC’s recent and controversial expansion of the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in PJM and Buyer-Side Mitigation…

ACORE Survey: Pandemic Brings Uncertainty to Project Completion Timelines and Financing

By: Lesley Hunter The rapid spread of COVID-19 is upending the health and livelihoods of workers throughout America’s renewable energy industry, numbering over 450,000 employees across all 50 states. Economically, the pandemic is putting significant dollars at risk for U.S. renewable energy businesses this year, ranging up to $5 billion per company. Project delays caused…

ACORE Hosts 2020 Awards Gala & Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

  ACORE Hosts 2020 Awards Gala & Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.   ACORE’s 2020 Awards Gala and Policy Forum, held March 3 and 4 in Washington, D.C., provided opportunities for renewable energy industry heads to gather, celebrate political champions and sector leaders, and learn more of what to expect for clean energy policy in…

Q&A with Kaiserwetter: How AI Can Help Maximize Renewable Sector Investment and Address Integration Issues

By: Maheen Ahmad ACORE member Kaiserwetter Energy Asset Management is a fast-growing global asset management and digital innovation technology company with a compelling story. Kaiserwetter has recently implemented a suite of cloud-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) platforms that use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to manage risk and optimize returns on renewable energy investments. ACORE staff…

Five Energy and Sustainability Trends to Watch in 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…