Harnessing Technology in Litigation: Insights from Troutman Pepper eMerge - Energy Law Insights
Growing the Solar and Storage Landscape With Mike Hall, Anza Renewables - Battery + Storage Podcast
Navigating Complexities in Tax Equity Transactions - Energy Law Insights
Capacity Crunch Series Continued: Balancing Reliability, Unprecedented Load Growth & Affordability in the Energy Transition (Part 2) - Energy Law Insights
Capacity Crunch Series Continued: Balancing Reliability, Unprecedented Load Growth & Affordability in the Energy Transition (Part 1) - Energy Law Insights
Podcast - Gestión del gobierno en el sector de energía: Una mirada desde los entes de control
Navigating Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: Insights and Implications - Energy Law Insights
Expanding Energy Storage Through Cross-Cultural Insights With Dr. Marco Terruzzin, Energy Vault — Battery + Storage Podcast
Storing Gravitational and Hybrid Energy, With Dr. Raj Talluri, Enovix — Battery + Storage Podcast
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Power, Privacy, and Protection: Unpacking Security Challenges in the Energy Sector - Energy Law Insights
Duke Develops Flexible Energy Storage Options to Enhance Reliability and Maximize Value With Laurel Meeks, Duke Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Podcast - Carbon Markets Lightning Round: State and Federal Updates
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
De-Risking Renewable Energy Projects: Identifying and Avoiding Contractual, Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Pitfalls
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
Decoding Battery Analytics With Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of ACCURE Battery Intelligence — Battery + Storage Podcast
Welcome to our sixth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the...more
Scientists have long proposed that solar electricity generation in space could be an integral component of the world’s carbon-free future. In the 1970s, a U.S. Navy experiment showed that it might be possible to capture solar...more
First lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast - Associated Press – October 18 - The Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast, officials said October 18....more
U.S. proposal would permit eagle deaths as renewables expand - Associated Press – September 29 - The Biden administration on September 29 proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines, and other...more
Governor Newsom signs sweeping climate legislation - ABC News – September 16 - Governor Gavin Newsom on September 16 signed a package of bills to expand California's reliance on clean energy and reduce carbon emissions...more
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as passed by the House and Senate, is a major political achievement for the Biden Administration, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Democrats of the 117th Congress. This is...more
Hogan Lovells was an advocate sponsor of the 26th Annual Global ABS 2022 Conference held in Barcelona. Dietmar Helms (Hogan Lovells European Structured Finance and Securitisation partner) and Spencer Hunsberger (Managing...more
California offshore wind energy area reaches new milestone - Offshore WIND – January 12 - The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the draft Assessment on...more
Renewable energy became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 - Solar Industry Magazine – December 23 - In 2020, renewable energy sources – including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal...more
Renewables made up 87.6% of new electrical generating capacity for first 3 quarters of 2021 - Solar Power World – November 23 - According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy...more
Historic drought to shrink California’s hydroelectric generation by 19% Renewable Energy World – July 8 - As a result of harsh drought conditions in California in 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects...more
IRS extends safe harbor provisions for renewable energy projects impacted by COVID-19 - Renewables Now – June 30 - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has granted extra time to renewable energy projects impacted by the...more
U.S. Senate approves Allison Clements and Mark Christie for FERC - Bullet PV-Tech – December 2 - The U.S. Senate has approved two candidates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that were nominated by...more
House Democrats pass major clean energy bill as Senate GOP mulls timeline for economic stimulus - Bullet Utility Dive – July 2 - The House this Wednesday passed a $1.5 trillion green recovery package, the Moving Forward...more
As utility solar costs drop 82%, U.S. renewable leaders target majority generation share by 2030 - Bullet Utility Dive – June 3 - The cost for utility-scale solar PV power has declined 82 percent since 2010, and the costs...more
In the second installment of our series “Energy in ASEAN: The Essentials,” we will take a deeper dive into the solar energy market in Vietnam. In this article, we will provide a recap of the solar story and give an overview...more
CPUC proposes optimal 2030 system portfolio tripling battery storage, more than doubling solar - Bullet Utility Dive – February 27 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is proposing to adopt a 46 million...more
Focus - Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - The Guardian – October 21 - Global supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50 percent in the next five years,...more
Focus - Governor Newsom signs ‘clean power, smart power’ bill into law - Solar Industry Magazine – October 15 - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill designed to help California meet its electric grid...more
Development of solar projects in California has been spurred by California’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which requires that 60% of retail electricity sales must be served by renewable resources by 2030 and requires...more
Focus - Los Angeles has lined up record-cheap solar power. But there’s a problem - Los Angeles Times – August 27 - Los Angeles has been sitting on a contract for record-cheap solar power for more than a month, but the...more
Focus - California has too much solar power. That might be good for ratepayers - Los Angeles Times – June 5 - California set two renewable energy records last week: the most solar power ever flowing on the state’s main...more
New York Sues Exxon Mobil, Saying It Deceived Shareholders on Climate Change - "The litigation, which follows more than three years of investigation, represents the most significant legal effort yet to establish that a...more
Focus - SunPower buys U.S. rival SolarWorld to head off Trump tariffs - REUTERS - Apr 18 SunPower Corp. on Wednesday said it would buy U.S. solar panel maker SolarWorld Americas, expanding its domestic manufacturing as...more
Focus - U.S. tax bill to preserve key renewable energy credits, sources say - Reuters - Dec 14 The final version of comprehensive tax legislation being negotiated by House and Senate lawmakers will preserve key...more