Germany’s climate protection law: Opportunities for the storage sector BlogBy Flérida Regueira Cortizo and Anne Bräutigam of Germany Trade & InvestOctober 28, 2019October 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…
Enacting a Federal Renewable Energy Standard: ACORE and Wilson Sonsini Dive Deep BlogBy Tyler StoffOctober 16, 2019October 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…
ACORE Statement on ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 Press ReleasesBy Erin SnyderJuly 30, 2019 July 30, 2019 ACORE Statement on ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 Statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) “We commend Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson for the introduction of the ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 and her continued role as a champion for clean energy innovation.…
ACORE’s Fight for Competitive Power Markets – In Ohio and Across the Nation BlogBy Tyler StoffJuly 30, 2019July 30, 2019 By Tyler Stoff Beyond climate considerations, renewable energy is also the smart financial choice. Renewables are now the cheapest source of new electricity across much of the country,[1] and famously business-friendly states like Texas now see wind power generation exceed generation from coal.[2] The greatest threat to renewable energy is no…
ACORE Statement on Passage of H.B. 6 in Ohio Press ReleasesBy Erin SnyderJuly 23, 2019 July 23, 2019 ACORE Statement on Passage of H.B. 6 in Ohio Statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) “At a time when the nation is accelerating its transition to affordable, pollution-free renewable power, this legislation goes in precisely the wrong direction with a bailout…
Explaining Changing Trends in Cleantech Patent Filing with Kilpatrick Townsend’s Scott McMillan and David Hsu BlogBy Tyler StoffJune 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by Tyler Stoff, Policy & Research Manager with ACORE Patent litigation and prosecution firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP and patent consultants GreyB Services recently released their first annual Patenting Trends Study. Their findings documented changes in filing behavior from 2008 – 2018. ACORE staff interviewed Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Scott McMillan…
Washington Becomes Fourth State to Commit to 100% Carbon-Free Future BlogBy Alex HobsonMay 8, 2019Following through on the themes he struck at ACORE’s Renewable Energy Policy Forum in March, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee just signed one of the strongest clean energy laws in America. With the governor’s signature, Washington becomes the fourth state in the nation to commit to a 100 percent carbon-free future, including first-movers Hawaii, California, and…
Environmental, Conservation and Clean Energy Coalition Letters on Energy Storage Tax Credit LetterBy Erin SnyderApril 29, 2019Read Full Letter to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Read Full Letter to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
How Power Market Structures are Driving Demand for Energy Storage Investment BlogBy Max AlmonoApril 25, 2019On March 19, ACORE hosted an invite-only, executive meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss evolving business models for energy storage and hybrid projects. Participants in the event, Aligning Market Incentives to Facilitate Financing and Deployment of Energy Storage, ranged from senior-level financiers to corporate offtakers, utilities, developers and wholesale markets. MISO, ERCOT, PJM and Grid…
Renewable Energy Groups Urge Congress to Support Clean Energy Innovation Funding in FY 2020 Budget LetterBy Erin SnyderApril 25, 2019Renewable Energy Groups Urge Congress to Support Clean Energy Innovation Funding in FY 2020 Budget
