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Cooling data centers: Keeping up with emerging technologies

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Key factors data center operators need to consider when selecting a cooling method for their data center - In today’s digital and hyperscale computing landscape, the need for data centers has grown exponentially. According...more

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Financing the Future of Fission: A Nuclear Renaissance and the Promise of SMRs

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SMRs are attracting growing attention from governments, investors, and financiers as a means to power the energy transition, offering the promise of shorter construction times, scalability, and reduced financial risk compared...more

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Treasury and IRS Finalize Clean Hydrogen Production Credit Regulations

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 added the Section 45V production tax credit for the production of clean hydrogen (Section 45V) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Section 45V provides a credit against...more

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State support mechanisms: learning from the past to accelerate the future

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Government backing is critical to tilt markets in favour of green energy. But to incentivise the innovation required, we have to reflect on past failures. In his 2021 book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates coined...more

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[Event] 21st Annual Arctic Energy & Resource Symposium - March 30th - 31st, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A must-attend event for government and industry professionals involved in Northern infrastructure and resource development. The Canadian Institute’s 21st Annual Arctic Energy & Resource Symposium is your opportunity to ask...more

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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 5

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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Hydrogen Alert - Updates to Hydrogen Policy and Funding in Australia

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There have been a number of policy and funding developments applicable to the hydrogen energy industry in Australia since the release of K&L Gates' The H2 Handbook in October last year. These developments have come at both...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 32, August 2020

Trump Administration Approves Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for Land Leasing, Oil Drilling - "The Trump administration continues to roll back environmental protections and opening doors for the fossil fuel industry in...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates — July 2020

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ML Strategies and Mintz continue to engage with key decision makers on various energy and sustainability matters before the Congress and Administration. Federal efforts on these issues have continued apace as part of and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Heads Trump Wins; Tails Regulation Loses

Earlier this week, the Department of Energy withdrew definitions of “general service lamps” and “general service incandescent lamps” promulgated under the Obama administration. The effect is it eliminate requirements that...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2019 #4

U.S. Energy Policy Must Support Natural Gas in Appalachia and West Texas - "And it shows how quickly the U.S. shale revolution since 2008 has transformed domestic and global energy markets, with always improving...more

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The Empire Strikes Back: NY Reclaims Lead in Adopting the Most Ambitious Climate Goals in the U.S.

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The New York State Assembly last week successfully passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which lays out sweeping decarbonization targets for New York's electric generating sector and economy at...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2019 #2

New Fortress Energy LNG Plant Demonstrates New York Insanity - "For those unfamiliar with the facility, the plant is a gigantic $800 million investment that will take in natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and liquefy it...more

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The Green New Deal: What It Does and (Mostly) Doesn't Do

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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Feb 7, 2019, released companion resolutions that provide a framework for prospective legislation on a Green New Deal (GND), an ambitious climate policy....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

More on the Green New Deal: Nukes, Hydro, and a Carbon Tax Aren’t Dead Yet.

Yesterday, Ed Markey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a proposed congressional resolution providing a framework for the so-called Green New Deal. I am pleased to note that it would not exclude use of nuclear power or...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Green New Deal — Everything That’s Wrong With Environmentalists?

A few weeks ago, a coalition of 626 groups sent a letter to Congress, setting forth some principles concerning what should and should not be part of a Green New Deal. Among the policies that apparently should not be part of...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Floats 70% Tax on Wealthy to Pay for 'Green New Deal' - "Ocasio-Cortez has put forward a 'Green New Deal' that includes generating the nation's power from renewable sources, building a national...more

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