The State of Energy Storage: What You Need to Know
On August 26, Sage Geosystems announced an agreement to supply Meta with 150 MW of geothermal power. Sage will use its proprietary Geopressured Geothermal System (GGS) to provide carbon-free power for Meta’s data centers....more
Governor Janet Mills and Maine’s congressional delegation announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $147 million grant to develop the largest long-duration energy storage project in the world to date....more
Editor’s Note: During a recent HaystackID webcast, expert panelists explored the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in protecting sensitive technologies, classified contracts, and other...more
Welcome to our seventh issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In this edition, we address a range of construction issues from potential impacts to OSHA’s authority and issues...more
The energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are growing significantly, with the Department of Energy (DOE) forecasting a tenfold increase in data center energy demand due to the rise of AI applications and...more
Achieving climate goals will require significant capital investment into the development and scaling of improved battery technologies. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in August 2022, allocated billions of dollars...more
Coal production and mining jobs over the past half-century have been influenced by several factors, principally demand from the utility sector, technological breakthroughs in natural gas production, railroad deregulation, and...more
Last week, the White House issued an update on President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI EO” or “EO”). The update detailed...more
NY Governor's Veto of Wind Power Bill “Undermines Industry," Critics Say- “The bill known as the ‘Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act’ has been working its way through the state legislature since April 2023.” Why...more
The AI executive order moves the U.S. closer to a broader unified approach on federal AI regulation, expanding on the AI Bill of Rights and NIST AI Risk Management Framework and focusing on the responsible development and...more
A recent executive order issued by President Biden aims to prohibit or oversee investments in certain sensitive technologies that could threaten the national security of the United States. The executive order, which was...more
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner will host a half-day Automotive Forum on Wednesday,...more
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law & Inflation Reduction Act Opportunities - Visit our Energy Funding Matrix for a roundup of all of the various clean energy opportunities. We update the matrix on a biweekly basis and welcome...more
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities - Key Developments - Foley & Lardner partner Vanessa Miller is quoted in the Law360...more
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner’s second annual Manufacturing White Paper, Top Legal...more
The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $46 million to eight U.S. companies working to advance the development of commercial fusion energy technology (including our client Commonwealth Fusion Systems), furthering the...more
On May 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-44 (the “Notice”), which provides additional information regarding the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit Allocation Program under § 48C (e) of...more
Despite the uncertain atmosphere with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and a drop in venture capital funding last year, the end of 2022 closed out another marquee year for state and private funding of climate technology...more
In 2020, Congress passed the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (NAIIA) to strengthen Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances and innovations across multiple sectors by providing investments to National AI Research...more
The U.S. government’s national security and economic priorities around encouraging and adopting innovation is on full display in the soon-to-be-finalized Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In this...more
With Republicans narrowly taking control of the House of Representatives and Democrats maintaining a slim majority in the Senate in the 118th Congress, companies should be prepared for significant private sector oversight and...more
On October 3, 2022, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) from the public seeking input on ways the DOE can leverage its authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate domestic...more
The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) from the public on how the DOE could best leverage the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies and...more
In the latest of a series of Presidential actions intended to promote biotechnology and confirm the continued support of advances in biotechnology as official policy of the United States, on September 12, 2022, President Joe...more
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Foley & Lardner will host a half-day Automotive Forum on Wednesday, September 14, at the...more