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Advanced Nuclear: Taking a Seat at the Clean Energy Table

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As a firm that has spent years deep in the trenches of renewable energy – helping clients navigate the complex landscape of project development, financing, and M&A – we’ve seen this industry evolve at lightning speed. ...more

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Innovations in Space: Nuclear and fusion power for deep space exploration (UPDATED)

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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

A Thermal Storage Revolution With Nis Benn, Hyme Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast

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In this episode, host Bill Derasmo sits down with Nis Benn, the visionary co-founder and chief commercial officer at Hyme Energy. Benn shares his unique career journey that led him to revolutionize grid-scale thermal energy...more

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Data Centers: A Field Guide

By one count, worldwide there were some 11,800 data centers in early 2024. Within that census are facilities so small that they fit in office building closets, while others are among the largest manmade structures on the...more

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Apple’s $500B U.S. Manufacturing Push and New AI Server Facility in Houston: What It Means for Data Centers

As we covered previously, President Trump has made clear that the U.S. is focused on increasing investments into building, scaling and speeding the development of AI infrastructure and data centers in the U.S., and Big Tech...more

White & Case LLP

Intelligent Design: Constructing next generation data centers for the AI boom

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Data centers have long been the backbone of the digital economy, enabling everything from cloud storage to streaming services. However, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are fueling an unprecedented surge in...more

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The Hidden Cost of AI: Energy, Water, and the Sustainability Challenge

ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: AI’s rapid advancement has led to groundbreaking technological achievements, but its environmental impact is becoming harder to ignore. As data centers expand to support AI workloads, energy...more

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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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A New Era in U.S. Energy: Wright’s Focus

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This week marks a pivotal moment in U.S. Energy history. With Chris Wright confirmed as U.S. Energy Secretary, he and President Trump are set to pursue their promise of a "Golden Era of American Energy Dominance." Their...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Navigating DeepSeek’s Challenge: President Trump’s Stargate Initiative and Preparing Businesses for AI Leadership

What Is the Stargate Initiative? Announced by President Donald Trump on January 21, 2025, the Stargate Initiative is a monumental $500 billion public-private sector investment aimed at enhancing the United States’ AI...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

ChemCatBio Will Hold January 29 Webinar on Programmable Catalysis for Chemical Energy Innovation

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO) Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium (ChemCatBio) will hold a webinar on January 29, 2025, on programmable catalysis for chemical energy...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Department of Energy Announces $30M “SUPERHOT” Geothermal Research Program

As readers of this space will have noted, geothermal energy is one of the few renewable sources treated positively by early Trump Administration efforts to attain “energy dominance.” Given the favorable treatment of...more

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China’s Potential Space Solar Breakthrough

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he future’s coming faster than we thought—let’s embrace it. China is pioneering a space-based solar power project, hailed as the “Manhattan Project” of clean energy. Imagine a 1km-wide solar array orbiting 36,000 km above...more

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Renewable Energy and AI Data Centers

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Although artificial intelligence (“AI”) dominated financial, technological, and even social conversations in 2024, less attention was paid to the reality that AI’s emergence entails substantial increases in energy demand,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Harnessing Technology in Litigation: Insights from Troutman Pepper eMerge - Energy Law Insights

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Join Steve Hewitson, Partner, and Jim Calvert, Principal at Troutman Pepper eMerge, as they explore the transformative role of technology in complex regulatory proceedings and litigation. This insightful discussion covers the...more

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Resilience: Transforming the Energy Sector – AI and the Energy Transition | Episode 1 (10.7.24)

Colleague and host Shellka Arora-Cox recently sat down with Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, to discuss the fascinating intersection of the energy transition and artificial intelligence....more

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Big Data Meets Big Green: Data Centers and Carbon Removal Compete for Zero-Emission Energy

Artificial intelligence, data centers, carbon removal and zero-emission power may sound like a winning line (plus the Free Space) on a 2024 Buzzword Bingo card. But the concepts have come into dramatic real-world tension as...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Risk Management, Skilled Counsel Key in Renewable Energy

Renewable energy project developers and contractors must be prepared to negotiate novel risks in a quickly changing global market. Technological innovations in renewable energy equipment and decreasing procurement and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Why Energy-transition Innovators Need a Sound Patent Strategy — and How to Build One

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Recent investment in clean-energy technologies has been nothing short of extraordinary. Fueled in part by generous government incentives designed to accelerate the transition to a lower-carbon economy, clean-energy projects...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - September 2019 #3

FERC Proposes to Modernize PURPA Regulations - "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed to modernize its regulations governing small power producers and cogenerators under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies...more

White & Case LLP

Electric storage: From idea to action

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Electric storage has been around for decades in the form of pumped hydro storage. But recent advances in battery and cutting-edge storage technologies have generated renewed interest in the benefits of storage. ...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Would Reshape the Economy in 10 Years. That Could Shock the Energy Sector. "The concern is that Ocasio-Cortez's plan to achieve climate goals in just 10 years will not only tee up...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - November 2018 #2

U.S. to Give Eight Nations Oil Waivers Under Iran Sanctions, Official Says - "The U.S. has agreed to let eight countries - including Japan, India and South Korea - keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A review of the Fed minutes released yesterday shows the willingness of some Fed Governors to start rate raising again sooner rather than later....more

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