Following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of a new project review process in May 2025, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) issued the first round of DOE grant terminations under the Trump...more
7/29/2025
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Appeals ,
Clean Energy ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Contract Termination ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Grants ,
Judicial Review ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
Tucker Act
President Donald Trump signed four separate executive orders (EOs) on May 23, 2025, intended to result in a quadrupling of U.S. nuclear energy capacity to 400 gigawatts (GW) by 2050, all while strengthening domestic fuel...more
5/29/2025
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,
Rulemaking Process ,
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Trump Administration
President Donald Trump on May 2, 2025, released his fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary budget request outlining his administration's high-level spending priorities for the coming year. Known informally as the "skinny...more
5/6/2025
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Energy Policy ,
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Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration
In contrast to the recent influx of terminations in the broader government contracting and federal grants space, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has not yet started to issue wide-ranging programmatic or sweeping...more
5/5/2025
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Government Agencies ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Pending Litigation ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Renewable Energy ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) on April 8, 2025, titled "Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid." The order marks a significant step in addressing the growing...more
4/15/2025
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Data Centers ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
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Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
National Security ,
Power Grid ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), "Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 1424," on April 8, 2025, that places coal at the center of the administration's...more
4/14/2025
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Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Review ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Manufacturers ,
National Security ,
NEPA ,
Trump Administration
The Trump Administration is leveraging the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) as a strategic tool to catalyze private sector investment in energy infrastructure. This approach aims to enhance U.S....more
4/11/2025
/ Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Loans ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Project Finance ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on March 24, 2025, reissued its $900 million solicitation for small modular nuclear reactors (Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment, DE-FOA-0003485) using funds from...more
3/31/2025
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
General Solicitation ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Nuclear Power ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Tribal Governments ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Feb. 12, 2025, announced a $782 million first advance under a $1.67 billion loan guarantee for the development of sustainable aviation fuel from the Loan Programs Office (LPO). This...more
President Donald Trump signed the executive order (EO) "Unleashing American Energy" on Jan. 20, 2025. In addition to laying out revised energy-related policy priorities, the EO required a temporary pause on the disbursement...more
As the Biden Administration moves swiftly to implement the trifecta of legislation it has worked to have enacted in the last three years – the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation...more
11/1/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Donald Trump ,
Election Results ,
Energy Sector ,
Infrastructure ,
Kamala Harris ,
Political Candidates ,
Presidential Elections ,
Renewable Energy ,
Technology Sector
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most uncertain and unpredictable in history. The future and overall success of the U.S. Department of Energy's once-in-a-generation clean energy investments...more
10/10/2024
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Bipartisan Agreement ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Manufacturers ,
Minerals ,
Political Candidates ,
Political Parties ,
Power Grid ,
Presidential Elections ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Transmission Grid
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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Capital Improvements ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Community Development ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Funding ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Intangible Property ,
New Guidance ,
Private Sector ,
Renewable Energy
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
/ Aircraft ,
Automotive Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Final Rules ,
Incentives ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Subsidies ,
Trains ,
Transportation Industry ,
Vessels ,
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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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Funding ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Power Infrastructure ,
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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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
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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Biden Administration ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Competition ,
Congressional Committees ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Budget ,
Green Infrastructure ,
Green Initiatives ,
Green Technology ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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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Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
International Trade ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Section 232 ,
Supply Chain ,
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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Biofuel ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
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 ,
Congressional Committees ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Loans ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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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Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Collaboration ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
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 Energy ,
Clean Tech ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
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
/ Automotive Industry ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Connected Cars ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Loans ,
General Elections ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Loan Guaranties ,
Native American Issues ,
Project Finance ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Title XVII ,
Tribal Corporations