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What to Expect from CPSC in 2025

At the end of last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved an Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes CPSC’s strategic priorities and resource allocations for the coming year. Stated...more

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Foley Automotive Update - December 2024

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Foley & Lardner announced the 2024 installment of its Auto Trends series—A Year in Review: Updates, Trends and the Road Ahead. This series delves deep into the transformative forces shaping the automotive world by providing...more

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Developer Perspectives on Today’s Energy Storage Markets

In 2023, the world added an impressive 45 gigawatts/97 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, nearly tripling year-on-year growth, with the majority driven by battery storage installations. The global energy storage...more

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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - August 2024

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Welcome to Industrials Regulatory News and Trends. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers provide concise updates on key developments in the industrials sector to help you navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Navigating the Solarscape: Our Handy Solar Tariffs Cheat Sheet

The solar industry is starting to get whiplash. Over the past year in particular, the industry has experienced a whirlwind of regulatory changes making solar tariffs some of the most complex tariffs in all of U.S. importing...more

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Lithium for Batteries from Geothermal Brine

If all goes as planned, solar, wind and other clean energy technologies will help us abandon carbon emissions for good. But many green power sources perform their best only when nature cooperates, so an important (and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

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

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

White & Case LLP

Battery storage M&A powers into 2024

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Battery energy storage systems (BESS), which enable utility companies and grid operators to access pools of surplus renewable energy on demand that would otherwise be wasted, play a central role in the global energy...more

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Plugged In: An EV Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3

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Editor’s Note - In this edition of Plugged In, we invite you to dive into the intricate web of global supply chains and their profound implications for national security and economic resilience. This issue includes the...more

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Mining in Africa and its role in the global energy transition

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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

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New EU Batteries Regulation: introducing enhanced sustainability, recycling and safety requirements

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A new batteries regulation will impact the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries manufactured or sold in the European Union. The new rules extend producer responsibility and require due diligence...more

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U.S. EPA Issues FAQ Memo on Lithium-Ion Battery Management Under RCRA

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As lithium-based batteries become more prevalent in everything from electric vehicles (EVs) to industrial-scale batteries, as well as e-scooters and personal electronics, more questions arise regarding how to properly manage...more

J.S. Held

Rethinking Energy Reliability with Modern Power Systems

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Utility-scale wind, solar, and battery resources are challenging the way we assess and value system reliability as part of the ongoing Energy Transition process....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Foreign Investment in the Critical Minerals Sector to Face Enhanced Scrutiny

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In recent months, the critical minerals sector has been at the top of government legislative and regulatory agendas and has been subject to substantial media attention. "Critical minerals" is a generic term that refers to a...more

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Chinese battery material companies remain active despite economic downturn

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China is looking beyond its borders to maximize the returns from the minerals needed to make the energy transition happen. China is one of the biggest producers of the critical minerals and rare earth elements that are...more

Bracewell LLP

The Shifting Energy Policy Zeitgeist and Investment Implications

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On March 24, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made an unexpected and bipartisan about-face on its freshly updated policies for considering the environmental impacts of natural gas infrastructure projects like...more

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Strategic IP Considerations of Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions

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The lithium-ion battery, introduced commercially in 1991, revolutionized the consumer electronics industry. Compared with older battery technologies, the lithium-ion battery was lightweight and compact, had high energy...more

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President Biden Orders 100-Day Review of America’s Supply Chains for Semiconductors, Batteries, Critical Minerals and APIs

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Changes are afoot for key industry sectors with complicated global supply chains. “As this pandemic has made clear, we can never again be in a position where we have to rely on a foreign country that doesn’t share our...more

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President Biden Orders Comprehensive Supply Chain Review

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Articulates Administration Policy And Reaffirms Need For “Strong, Resilient Supply Chains” For “Critical And Essential Goods And Materials” - On February 24, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed an Executive Order on...more

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Tesla to be fined millions: Violation of recycling requirements under German Batteries Act

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The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) intends to fine Tesla in Germany millions of euros. The reason for this is Tesla’s apparent failure to comply with the applicable regulations on taking back and recycling batteries....more

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Driving the Future of Automotive Technology

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Powering the future is now! Electric vehicles (EVs) and self-driving cars (AVs) are two of the most innovative technologies in the history of the automotive industry....more

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Renewable Energy Update - July 2019

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Focus - NREL study shows mass potential for storage to provide peaking capacity - Utility Dive – July 10 - The booming U.S. battery storage market is showing no signs of slowing down, and a new report says its prospects...more

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Renewable Energy Update - June 2019 #2

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Focus - NextEra loses bankruptcy court jurisdiction fight with PG&E over renewables contracts - Utility Dive – June 11 - A bankruptcy judge has ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) does not have...more

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Renewable Energy Update - March 2018 #3

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Focus - California could get more solar, geothermal power from Imperial Valley following lawsuit - The Desert Sun - Mar 7 As Governor Jerry Brown looks to neighboring states for cheap sources of clean energy, a legal...more

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“Holy Grail” of Renewable Energy Storage is Fast-Approaching

In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) created its Advanced Research Projects-Energy (ARPA-E) division to fund energy storage projects conducted by scientists at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and the Lawrence Livermore and...more

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