The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure (S3) (DOE) held a webinar and released a memorandum on May 24, 2024, that provided key updates and guidance regarding award negotiations for...more
5/31/2024
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Community Development ,
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Funding ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Intangible Property ,
New Guidance ,
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a direct final rule (DFR) on April 29, 2024, to amend and align the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVM) implementing regulations1 with its...more
5/13/2024
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Transportation Industry ,
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Zero-Emission Vehicles
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the federal government has committed to funding more than $1 trillion for projects involving construction, manufacturing and energy initiatives. Much of this funding will be...more
Following the first two years of the Biden Administration, and fresh off of the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the U.S. Department of Energy Loan...more
2/2/2023
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Project Finance ,
Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) is one of the nation's premier energy infrastructure programs. Authorized in 2005 to lend nearly $70 billion to innovative clean energy projects, the LPO still has...more
9/15/2021
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Loans ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovative Technology ,
National Energy Act ,
Project Finance
Clean energy initiatives and legislation continue to advance with unprecedented direction, momentum and clout in the federal government. President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats remain fiercely committed to enacting...more
7/22/2021
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Federal Budget ,
Green Infrastructure ,
Green Initiatives ,
Green Technology ,
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National Science Foundation ,
Net Zero ,
Public Policy ,
Renewable Energy ,
Supply Chain ,
Surface Transportation
The Biden Administration on June 8, 20201, released findings from a 100-day interagency domestic supply chain assessment of critical products and outlined a series of steps it will take in order to strengthen U.S. critical...more
6/14/2021
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Executive Orders ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Section 232 ,
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U.S. Commerce Department
Under the Biden Administration, environmental sustainability as a means to combat climate change has been thrust into the spotlight as an emerging national imperative. This was made clear through President Joe Biden's...more
4/21/2021
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International Maritime Organization (IMO) ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sustainability
The authorities that exist within the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) can be used by the Biden Administration to spearhead the commercial deployment of the innovative energy technologies and...more
3/31/2021
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Climate Change ,
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Federal Loans ,
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Net Zero ,
Offshore Wind ,
Project Finance ,
Transportation Industry
The end-of-the year omnibus (H.R. 133) is a massive $2.3 trillion spending bill containing appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, COVID-19 relief funds, the first energy authorization in over a decade and extensions of a...more
President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 27 H.R. 133, an end-of-year legislative package that paired the long-awaited Energy Act of 2020, reauthorizing a number of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs, with a...more
1/5/2021
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Department of the Interior ,
Energy Policy Act ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Land ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Research and Development ,
Transportation Industry ,
Water
This Post-Election Clean Tech Outlook will build upon Holland & Knight's previous alert and provide more insight on what President-Elect Joe Biden's victory means for clean tech as part of the new administration's energy and...more
11/30/2020
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Clean Tech ,
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Economic Stimulus ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Presidential Appointments ,
Regulatory Agenda
In the immediate aftermath of COVID-19, a Holland & Knight alert provided an overview of available federal funding options available to private sector energy companies, with a specific focus on those supporting innovative...more
11/3/2020
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Energy Sector ,
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General Elections ,
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Legislative Agendas ,
Loan Guaranties ,
Native American Issues ,
Project Finance ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Title XVII ,
Tribal Corporations
President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 139201 on May 1, 2020, declaring a national emergency in order to secure the nation's bulk-power system. The president's order explains that such systems are threatened by foreign...more
5/7/2020
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Energy Sector ,
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National Security ,
Power Grid ,
Russia ,
Section 232 ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The flurry of activity at the end of 2019 demonstrates that congressional support for clean energy research and development (R&D) remains strong, as evidenced by level or increasing budgets for most of the relevant programs...more
1/27/2020
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Green Buildings ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Nuclear Power ,
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Research and Development ,
Solar Energy ,
Transmission Grid ,
Wind Power
Welcome to the first issue of Holland & Knight's Government Clean Tech Update, where we'll distill the most important clean tech updates and government-related market trends and developments from the past few months, and...more
• In passing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, as well as the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, Congress took meaningful steps to proactively develop and deploy cleaner and more...more
9/19/2018
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Energy Storage ,
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Nuclear Power ,
Research and Development ,
Trump Administration
• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has opened the doors of its much anticipated Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program (TELGP), which can guarantee up to $2 billion in loans to support economic opportunities for American...more
The Trump Administration promotes an "all of the above" energy strategy, but many of the Administration's actions to date seem to favor coal and fossil fuels at the expense of clean and innovative energy solutions. Although...more
7/4/2017
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Coal ,
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fossil Fuel ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Green Initiatives ,
Hydropower ,
Privatization ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Navy ,
US Air Force
President Donald Trump released on May 23, 2017, his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2018, which closely mirrors his America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again – also known as the "skinny budget"...more
6/2/2017
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Loans ,
Office of Science ,
Popular ,
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Trump Administration ,
USDA
President-Elect Donald Trump announced former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Dec. 13, 2016, as his selection for Secretary of Energy. To many champions of renewable energy, Perry is considered an adversary for his hardline denial...more