While 2022 showed that the sustainable debt market is not impervious to overall economic slow-down (particularly in the capital markets), 2023 demonstrated its resiliency, even in a high-interest rate market. Notwithstanding...more
3/15/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Debt Financing ,
Documentation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Bonds ,
Green Finance ,
Green Loans ,
Interest Rates ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sustainability
On June 6, 2022, the Biden administration announced a temporary exemption of up to two years from the application of any new tariffs on solar cells and modules from four Southeast Asian nations — Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand,...more
The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more
On February 14, 2022, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued two Requests for Information (“RFIs”) related to its rollout of significant hydrogen programs. The RFIs seek input from the public (including “industry,” “energy...more
The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more
6/2/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Investments ,
Clean Energy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Documentation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financing ,
Green Bonds ,
Green Buildings ,
Green Finance ,
Green Infrastructure ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Pollution Control ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
Waste Management ,
Wastewater
To promote U.S. offshore wind projects, the Biden administration recently extended the Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program (the “Title XVII Program”) to offshore wind and offshore transmission developers,...more
4/1/2021
/ Application Fees ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Institutions ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
National Energy Act ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Wind ,
Renewable Energy ,
Title XVII ,
Wind Power
The United States has tremendous offshore wind energy resource potential with the ability to provide thousands of highly-skilled jobs and large amounts of renewable energy in close proximity to many of the country’s largest...more
2/24/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Review ,
Jones Act ,
Offshore Wind ,
Permits ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Tax Credits ,
Webinars ,
Wind Power
Hydrogen is not found freely in the atmosphere, and the pathways of producing hydrogen differ significantly in their carbon intensity. These pathways are typically referred to by colors — grey, blue, and green — based on the...more
Over the past several decades, public opinion and government policy directives have shifted significant resources away from carbon intensive sources, to cleaner and renewable alternatives. In addition to traditional wind and...more
The corporate world continues its embrace of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) in 2020 like never before. As part of that trend, ESG-type criteria are appearing with increasing prevalence in the bond and loan...more
COVID-19 presents a unique and, for most parties, unprecedented challenge – a pandemic that has resulted in a global public health crisis and significant restrictions on global trade and labor, the repercussions of which...more
3/23/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Frustration of a Common Purpose ,
Nonperformance ,
Public Health Emergency ,
UK ,
United States
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic. At a briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained the decision: “In the past two weeks,...more
Factory shutdowns in China (the world’s largest solar module and panel manufacturer), together with various other restrictions imposed by government authorities worldwide as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus known...more