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The Climate Report | Third Quarter 2024

Jones Day on 9/23/2024

REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES - Update on Australia's New Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Regime - Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the proposed...more

What Does a New UK Government Mean for Climate Change?

Jones Day on 9/18/2024

On July 4, 2024, the UK general election took place, and the Labour Party won with a significant majority. After 14 years of Conservative Party rule, a number of changes are now expected in respect of the UK's position on...more

EV Roundup - September 2024

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 9/10/2024

In June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that U.S. consumers have saved more than $1 billion in upfront costs on their purchase of more than 150,000 clean vehicles since January 1, 2024, thanks to...more

Clean Energy Investing/Investing in America: American Clean Power August 2024 Report

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/29/2024

American Clean Power (“ACP”) (a trade association) has issued an August 2024 Report titled: Clean Energy Investing in America. (“Report”). ...more

Renewable Energy Update 8.05.24

Allen Matkins on 8/6/2024

According to the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proceeding with nine solar projects on public lands to potentially power nearly 2 million homes with clean energy. Among the projects, the...more

Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity – August 2024

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 8/2/2024

June 26, 2024: Infintium Fuel Cells, a manufacturer of a variety of hydrogen power cells with a maximum power of 35kWh, which act as an alternative to electric batteries, enabling businesses in the material handling industry...more

California’s Offshore Wind Strategy Is Coming Into Focus

Bracewell LLP on 7/26/2024

California currently deploys almost 35 GW of renewable energy but expects another 148 GW of renewables will be needed to meet the state’s overarching 2045 clean energy goals. To fill this gap, California expects offshore wind...more

IP and Tech: Twin Engines of Innovative Sustainability

J.S. Held on 6/13/2024

In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more

Battery Technologies: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 6/6/2024

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

AI’s Power Consumption Could Put the Grid — and Energy Regulators — to the Test

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/4/2024

The story of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is one of technological promise and societal challenge, and its impact on the U.S. electric power grid is fast becoming a pivotal chapter. The promise is compelling. AI could...more

DOE, FERC Move to Connect Power-Hungry Customers to Renewable Energy

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/4/2024

The country’s electric system is undergoing its most significant transformation in over a century. The information age is skyrocketing demand from customers for more power, and renewable energy is being deployed at a dizzying...more

U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel Merger: A Potent Catalyst for U.S.-Japan Relations and Technological Advancement

HaystackID on 5/17/2024

As the proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel garners global attention, its implications extend far beyond mere corporate gains. This merger symbolizes a strengthening of the crucial U.S.-Japan...more

Energy & Sustainability Client Feature — AtmosZero

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 5/2/2024

This month we are excited to feature AtmosZero, a company whose mission is to decarbonize steam through the commercialization of its industrial scale heat-pump boiler technology. AtmosZero recently announced the close of a...more

Federal Budget 2024: How It Impacts You and Your Business

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP on 4/17/2024

On April 16, 2024 (Budget Day) the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, delivered the Liberal Party’s federal budget (Budget 2024). Budget 2024 included a number of proposed...more

Natural Hydrogen May Seem New in Town, but It’s Been Here All Along

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 3/26/2024

When it comes to renewable energy, hydrogen is hailed as a pivotal resource in the zero-carbon game plan. Hydrogen energy is accessible, produces lower greenhouse gas emissions and can use existing gas infrastructure to power...more

BOEM Floats Another Oregon Milestone: Final Wind Energy Areas Designated

Locke Lord LLP on 2/15/2024

On February 13, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) designated two final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) for the development of floating offshore wind energy projects off the southern coast of Oregon. This...more

Unlocking Clean Energy Investments: New Elective Payment Credits for State and Local Governments

Foster Garvey PC on 2/8/2024

State and local governments undertaking clean energy projects may be eligible for cash payments equal to the renewable electricity production tax credit or energy investment tax credit that would have been available to a...more

Mining in Africa and its role in the global energy transition

A&O Shearman on 2/6/2024

The road to decarbonisation - From the copper belts of Zambia and the lithium and cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the manganese mines in Gabon, the African continent holds much of the promise...more

Understanding the energy transition in Central Asia and Caucasus

A&O Shearman on 11/28/2023

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have all set off on a journey of energy transition, but each of these countries is taking a path of its own, as Anton Konnov, Alexey Mareev and Arthur Minosyan explain....more

Decarbonisation in Africa

A&O Shearman on 11/27/2023

As the world focuses on energy transition and decarbonisation, there is clearly no shortage of bold ambition on the part of many African governments to play a key role in global efforts to tackle climate change. Meanwhile,...more

Nine key takeaways from the UAE's new Hydrogen Strategy

A&O Shearman on 11/21/2023

The UAE published its long-awaited hydrogen strategy last week, aiming to outline the key steps needed to position the UAE as a top global producer of low carbon hydrogen by 2031 and to support the UAE’s announced target of...more

Data Center Investment Opportunities

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 11/14/2023

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center...more

Regional Hydrogen Hubs: Developing the Transit for Energy Transition

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/19/2023

Although reliance on coal has been declining, even in 2021, coal still supplied over 10% of the United States’ energy consumption, according to the EIA. But, in a matter of approximately 15 years, many hope that Verne’s...more

Proposed IRS Regulations on Tax Credits for Renewable-Energy Investments Include Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

Jones Day on 10/11/2023

In Short - The Background: The Inflation Reduction Act provides for robust tax incentives on qualifying renewable-energy construction projects. In order to claim the full amount of such tax credits on qualifying projects,...more

Deep seabed mining: The next frontier in clean energy minerals

A&O Shearman on 10/9/2023

The fight against climate change and the shift from carbon to clean energy is a monumental undertaking. It requires the widespread manufacture and adoption of electric vehicles, batteries, wind turbines, solar panels, and...more

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