Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Energy...more
Innovative technologies are reshaping every industry, presenting new business cases and changing our daily lives. These technologies are hyper-connecting the world and offering new ways to interact. Particularly in the Space...more
The International Energy Agency released a report this week titled “The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy” (the “Report”), which looks at opportunities for nuclear energy to meet rising energy demand, while addressing...more
On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued a request for proposals (“RFP”) aimed at expanding domestic uranium enrichment capabilities. This confirms the Biden Administration’s priority to establish...more
On May 29, 2024, the White House hosted a Summit on Domestic Nuclear Deployment, highlighting key points of progress being made across the public and private sectors, and announcing a number of new initiatives....more
Last week, the United Kingdom announced two significant initiatives that help promote commercialization of next-generation clean energy technology. First, the UK will help fund a uranium enrichment plant to produce...more
On October 13, 2023, President Biden and U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, announced seven regional clean hydrogen hub locations selected to receive $7 billion in Infrastructure Investments and...more
On Monday, September 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published three new reports as part of its “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff” initiative, focused on the state of industrial decarbonization. The goal of...more
In April 2023, Idaho National Laboratory (“INL”), a U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) National Laboratory, published a report entitled “Recommendations to Improve the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Licensing and...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) is releasing a series of reports on the path to commercialization for certain clean energy technologies, including a report on advanced reactors. Today, senior leaders at DOE hosted a...more
On March 8, 2023, the Biden Administration announced approximately $6 billion in funding through a new program within the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) aimed at accelerating decarbonization projects in energy-intensive...more
Today the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) officially announced a major scientific breakthrough in fusion energy when the National Ignition Facility (“NIF”) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (“LLNL”) in...more
As world leaders gather in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP27, supporting clean energy transitions remain central to discussions on resolving issues of...more
The world is currently experiencing a global energy crisis of unprecedented breadth and complexity, according to the International Energy Agency (“IEA”) in its annual World Energy Outlook published on October 27. While the...more
A recent report released last week by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shows that hundreds of coal plant sites could host new nuclear reactors. Siting new nuclear at retiring coal sites, referred to as the...more
The world is increasingly recognizing that nuclear power can play a critical role in combatting climate change, while also providing critical energy security....more
Energy experts and leaders gathered at the White House on March 17, 2022 for a summit on the commercialization of clean fusion energy. The summit, titled “Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy,” was...more
On February 11, 2022, Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office Nuclear Energy announced the launch of the $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program aimed at preserving the existing U.S. fleet of nuclear power reactors and the...more
On Friday, November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the President’s roughly $2 trillion budget reconciliation package, voting 220 to 213 in favor of H.R. 5376 the Build Back Better Act (“Reconciliation...more
On Monday, November 15, 2021, the President signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Bill” or the “Bill”), which contains a number of provisions supporting nuclear energy....more
To demonstrate its clean energy commitments ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, the United Kingdom (UK) recently published its national strategy on fusion energy (Fusion Strategy) alongside a paper...more
On May 28, 2021, President Biden submitted a proposed federal budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) that included a significant funding increase for clean energy initiatives. ...more
The White House demonstrates its continued support for fossil fuel communities during the current clean energy transition by standing up the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communicatees and Economic...more
4/30/2021
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On April 22 and 23, President Biden hosted forty world leaders virtually at the Leaders Summit on Climate (“Climate Summit”) to employ a “whole of government” approach in the fight against climate change. ...more
4/29/2021
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Today, we issued a Client Alert summarizing the White House Climate Change Summit from last week. We are replicating it below for the benefit of our blog readers. President Biden hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate (Climate...more
4/28/2021
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