A Global Opportunity and Regulatory Roadmap for Energy Storage in 2025 The energy storage sector maintained its upward trajectory in 2024, with estimates indicating that global energy storage installations rose by more than...more
The Trump-Vance administration issued an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind leasing and calling for a review of the federal governmental leasing and permitting practices for all wind projects....more
Despite global economic headwinds, the US offshore wind industry has continued to slowly but steadily blossom, driven largely by enhanced vision and cooperation among federal government agencies under the Biden...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which was signed into law on August 16, 2022, enacted a wide range of legislation addressing climate change, healthcare, prescription drug pricing, and tax matters. Specific to...more
Another boost to the growing US offshore wind industry came on June 23, 2022, when the Biden-Harris administration and several cabinet secretaries announced new initiatives, including a partnership with 11 eastern states...more
As many industry observers predicted (and hoped), 2022 has been a breakout year for the nascent US offshore wind industry. Spurred by the Biden-Harris administration’s goals of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 and...more
As renewable energy continues to comprise a larger share of the US power mix, offshore wind remains the next frontier of the US green energy boom. Today, the US hosts only one operational commercial offshore wind farm, the...more
The US energy storage industry is experiencing rapid growth, with approximately 3.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage installed in 2020, which is greater than the aggregate 3.1 GWh of energy storage installed from 2013...more
Consistent with the Biden-Harris administration’s “whole of government” approach to climate change as announced in its Day 1 and Day 7 executive orders, on March 29 the administration announced a variety of concrete...more
4/5/2021
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President Joe Biden issued a series of executive orders on January 27 to further confront the “existential threat” of climate change, to reaffirm the executive branch’s commitment to evidence-based policymaking and...more
As the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden took significant steps on his first day in office to advance the energy and climate initiatives of his administration. This LawFlash provides a brief summary of several...more
1/22/2021
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