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| Mar 20, 2025 | Tax credit uncertainty risks ‘tens of billions’ in US renewables investment – ACORE | |
| Jan 8, 2025 | ACORE Announces 2025 Class of New and Returning Board Members | ACORE logo
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), the oldest nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to expanding the use of clean energy technologies and businesses, today announced its new Board class for 2025.
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| Oct 10, 2024 | New Report: Proactive, Collaborative, State-Led Transmission Development Can Reduce Costs and Help Achieve Clean Energy Goals | ACORE logo
Mid-Atlantic states have multiple avenues for developing critical transmission lines that they can act on today, highlights a new report from The Brattle Group. The report, commissioned by the American Council on Renewable Energy... |
| Sep 18, 2024 | New Report: How PJM Can Reform Its Interconnection Processes to Expedite Battery Storage and Avoid Looming Electricity Shortfall | ACORE logo
The paper outlines how PJM has prevented storage technologies from using a tool to expedite connection to the grid, Surplus Interconnection Service (SIS), that has been endorsed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ... |
| Jul 9, 2024 | New Analysis: How New Tariffs Could Undermine America's Solar Progress | ACORE logo
Potential new tariffs resulting from the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations into solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam could increase costs to a level that signif... |
| Jun 4, 2024 | ACORE to Recognize Gina McCarthy with a Lifetime Achievement Award at 2024 Finance Forum | ACORE logo
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit organization that unites finance, policy, and technology to accelerate the clean energy transition, has named Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Cl... |
| Jul 27, 2023 | BREAKING: FERC issues final rule on reforming interconnection process for renewable energy | BREAKING: FERC issues final rule on reforming interconnection process for renewable energy
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final ru... |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Renewable Energy Projects Trapped in PJM’s Interconnection Queue Would Create Thousands of New Jobs, Billions in Capital Investment | “Tens of billions of dollars and thousands of good-paying jobs are being left on the table because of broken interconnection and transmission planning processes. With commonsense reforms, grid planners and operators could ease the logjam in... |
| Jun 7, 2023 | New Survey: 100% of Renewable Investors Perceive U.S. Market Increasing in Attractiveness Compared to Other Leading Countries Post-IRA | ACORE logo "America has never been a more attractive venue for renewable energy investment than it is today, thanks largely to the policy certainty provided by the IRA," said ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone.
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| Apr 19, 2023 | New Analysis Finds Annual Matching Requirement for Hydrogen Production Will Not Raise Emissions and Will Avoid Cost Barriers | ACORE and E3 Compare GHG Emissions and Associated Costs of Annual vs. Hourly Matching Requirements for Clean Hydrogen
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As the U.S. Treasury Department designs the guidance that will determine ... |
| Apr 19, 2023 | New Analysis Finds Annual Matching Requirement for Hydrogen Production Will Not Raise Emissions and Will Avoid Cost Barriers | ACORE Logo “Our new study with E3 demonstrates how an annual match accounting approach could help unleash America’s nascent clean hydrogen industry and allow us to continue to lower harmful greenhouse gas emissions,” said ACORE President an... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | ACORE Welcomes Third Cohort of Accelerate Member Companies | ACORE logo “Achieving a just transition to a renewable energy economy means breaking down the systemic barriers to equity, inclusion, and economic justice within our industry, and the ACORE Accelerate Membership Program is doing just that,&... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Communities Could Have Saved Nearly $100M, Kept Lights on During Winter Storm Elliott by Adding Transmission | ACORE logo It is time to take action on the pro-transmission policies and reforms proposed in Congress and at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, so we can keep the lights on and better protect communities, while also providing more a... |
| Jan 5, 2023 | ACORE Welcomes 2023 Class of New and Returning Board Members | WASHINGTON, D.C. (PRWEB) January 05, 2023
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy, today announced its new ... |
| Dec 15, 2022 | A Roadmap to Diversify the U.S. Renewable Energy and Battery Storage Supply Chains | "While diversifying our supply chains will require bold investment and support, we offer a roadmap in this report that includes a multi-pronged strategy across government policies and private-sector practices,” said ACORE President and... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | New Report: Better Analysis of Transmission Benefits Enables Low-Cost Clean Energy | “When the benefits of proposed transmission lines are fully calculated, the advantages of new lines are made clear to regional planners,” said ACORE’s President and CEO Gregory Wetstone.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) August 10, 2022
Following the Midc... |
| Jun 7, 2022 | How the Commerce Inquiry and Other Headwinds Have Undermined High Expectations for Renewable Energy Finance | “It’s deeply troubling to see how confidence in the renewable energy sector, which was at an all-time high last year, has been undermined by the destructive tariff inquiry at the U.S. Department of Commerce,” said ACORE President and CEO Gr... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Upgrading transmission lines could enable 27GW more renewable power per year | Replacing 5,000 miles of transmission wires each year with “advanced conductors” would make room for 27GW more renewable generation per year, says a report from Grid Strategies, published by the renewables trade group ACORE.
That projection... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | ACORE Welcomes Second Cohort of Accelerate Member Companies | American Council on Renewable Energy ACORE’s Accelerate members are blazing a trail for more renewable energy companies owned and operated by women and people of color to enter into the renewable energy space.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) March 07, 2... |
| Feb 17, 2022 | American Council on Renewable Energy Marks One Year Anniversary of Winter Storm Uri | American Council on Renewable Energy "To make our grid more reliable, and minimize the potential for reoccurrence of such tragedies, we need to make long-overdue investments to upgrade and expand our nation’s power grid."
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| Feb 8, 2022 | US organisations call for ‘demonstrable progress’ on BBB clean energy provisions as deadlock continues | More than 60 organisations from across the US clean energy sector have written to congressional leaders urging them to enact the climate and clean energy provisions in the Build Back Better (BBB) Act before President Biden’s State of the Un... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Three Ways Utilities Can Keep Pace With The Unprecedented Amounts Of Clean Power Coming Online | Starting with President Biden’s call for 80 percent carbon-free electricity by 2030, new federal and state policies and economic realities are poised to drive unprecedented growth in clean power. But keeping up with this transformative econ... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | ACORE Welcomes 2022 Class of New and Returning Board Members | "We are very fortunate to have such talented and experienced additions to ACORE’s Board of Directors. I look forward to working with this year’s class of new and returning Board members to build on the unprecedented momentum for renewa... |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Renewables deserve better approaches to resource adequacy: ACORE | Although the major revenue sources for renewable and storage projects will be the sale of energy and environmental attributes, their capacity value remains “an important source of value,” said Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies, in a webinar p... |
| Nov 23, 2021 | New Report Proposes Improvements to Ensure Reliable Electricity | American Council on Renewable Energy “As the nation’s sources of electricity evolve to meet clean energy targets and decarbonize the power sector, it is important that we focus on the evolving mix of renewable resources and enabling grid te... |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Altair Engineering : Can Our Power Grid Support the Electrification Revolution? | Representatives from 200 countries met in Glasgow this November for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26. Nations around the world are committing substantial resources to reducing carbon emissions to slow t... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Should California’s last nuclear power plant stay open? | Keeping the last remaining nuclear power plant in California open can help the state achieve its climate goals and save money to boot, according to a 114-page assessment compiled by a joint study team from Stanford University and the Massac... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Interconnecting solar to the grid: An aggressively opaque process | A pair of newly released documents reveal how the work of renewable energy developers has brought about major improvements to the accessibility and quality of publicly available power grid data.
The documents also show that renewable projec... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Runaway costs: Renewable developers are paying for electric grid upgrades — and that needs to change | Runaway costs: Renewable developers are paying for electric grid upgrades — and that needs to change
By Charles W. Thurston September 29, 2021 View Profile
Renewable energy developers know that the hidden costs of developing new solar energ... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Wind, Solar Projects Charged for Transmission Upgrades That Benefit Shared Grid | American Council on Renewable Energy “New wind and solar projects are essentially asked to shoulder the financial burden of adding new lanes to that electron highway, lanes that benefit everyone."
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| Jul 22, 2021 | More Interregional Transmission Could Have Saved Nearly $1 Billion, Preserved Power for 200,000 Homes During Texas Freeze | American Council on Renewable Energy Each additional gigawatt (GW) of transmission capacity connecting the Texas power grid (ERCOT) with neighboring states in the Southeast could have saved nearly $1 billion and kept the heat on for approxi... |
| Jul 6, 2021 | American Council on Renewable Energy Welcomes New Members to Its Board of Directors | American Council on Renewable Energy “We are thrilled to add these two accomplished renewable energy heavy hitters to the ACORE Board. The expertise and business acumen that each brings to the table will be immensely helpful as we continue ... |
| Jun 29, 2021 | New Report Finds Wholesale Power Markets Key to Accelerating Renewable Energy in the Southeast | American Council on Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) June 29, 2021
A new report released today by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) analyzing power market design features finds that real-time, wholesale energy markets, par... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | ACORE Announces New Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs | American Council on Renewable Energy “ACORE is actively working to cultivate a culture of inclusion and equity within the renewable energy sector, and we look forward to growing our Accelerate program and other DEI-focused initiatives in th... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | ‘The status quo is no longer going to cut it’: Investor confidence sky high but ACORE calls on solar funds go further still | The confidence of renewable energy investors and developers stands at an “all-time high”, a new report by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) claims, however investment must surge in the coming years if the US is to meet decarb... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Investor Confidence in Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Sectors Hits All-Time High | American Council on Renewable Energy A new analysis released today by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) finds that confidence among both renewable energy investors and developers is at an all-time high.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) Jun... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Making a case for a standalone energy storage ITC | Nearly 150 organizations appealed to U.S. House and Senate leaders on March 23 to make standalone energy storage projects eligible for the federal investment tax credit (ITC) in the upcoming infrastructure package.
A tax credit would help r... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | American Council on Renewable Energy Welcomes First Cohort of Accelerate Members | Our hope is that the Accelerate program will help ensure that business leaders in the renewable energy economy better reflect the diversity of our society.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) March 10, 2021
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) a... |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Biden recommits U.S. to Paris climate accord, blocks Keystone pipeline | In one of his first official acts, President Joe Biden signed executive orders January 20 to rejoin the United States into the Paris climate agreement and block construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
The Oval Office event w... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Jobs report underscores Covid-19 impact on U.S. clean energy sector | It’s no secret that the U.S. job market has been devastated by the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Clean energy jobs were no exception.
According to a new report, the U.S. clean energy industry finished 2020 with its fewest number of work... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | ACORE Names 2021 Class of New and Returning Board Members | WASHINGTON (PRWEB) January 06, 2021
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy, today announced its new Board ... |
| Dec 8, 2020 | ACORE Launches New Program to “Accelerate” DEI Within the Renewable Sector | WASHINGTON (PRWEB) December 08, 2020
In an effort to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the renewable energy sector and reduce barriers for participants from underrepresented communities, the American Council on Renewable Energy... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Morning Brief: Solar going to the dogs, How clean energy can prepare for the next attack | OMCO Solar and other PV industry partners installed a custom array of solar panels at the 212,000-square-foot pet treat manufacturing facility in Harvard, Ill. The 1.7-MW ground-mounted array, spans roughly 4.2 acres and will produce enough... |
| Sep 21, 2020 | FERC Order 2222 opens up wholesale electricity markets for DER — why is this a big deal? | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 2222 last week to open up the wholesale electricity markers to distributed energy resources, which could go down as a historic decision. The public is more and more choosing to op... |
| Sep 21, 2020 | How Clean Energy Can Prepare For The Next Attack | Founder of Tigercomm, Mike counsels cleantech executives, investors and philanthropists on strategies for meeting their business objectives. |
| Aug 11, 2020 | The U.S. can be powered 100% by renewable energy. How do we get there? | A study by Stanford scholar Mark Z. Jacobson and a team of researchers at both Stanford University and the University of California at Berkley in 2015 created a road map for a 100% renewable future. Ambitious? Sure. Unlikely? Perhaps.
Skept... |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Job Moves: Lior Handelsman leaves SolarEdge, plus Form Energy, Generate, Omnidian, FirstLight, MP2, Jurchen | Lior Handelsman, cofounder and VP of marketing at SolarEdge, will be leaving the post he’s held at the power electronics company since 2006 in order to launch a career in venture capital. He will remain at the company as an advisor to the C... |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Morning Brief: FERC denies MOPR review, Tesla’s longest-range Model S now goes 402 miles | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied the request of the Clean Energy Associations (made up of the American Wind Energy Association, the Solar Energy Industries Association, Advanced Energy Economy, and the American Council on Ren... |
| Apr 30, 2020 | Let’s Invest In An Energy Future That Preserves The Economy – And Life On This Planet | Getty Images |
| Apr 22, 2020 | Earth Day: Reinvestment In Renewables Could Help Beat Recession And Save Lives | Earth Day 2020Getty |
| Apr 16, 2020 | Covid-19 Lockdown Could Kill 500k Cleantech Jobs | Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, California, USA. ... [+] (Photo by: Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Mar 24, 2020 | How To Make The Economic Stimulus Great | A construction worker looks at site plans.Getty |
| Jan 13, 2020 | ACORE’s four policies to clean the grid | The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) has presented four complementary policy ideas that the group believes will clean up the U.S. electricity grid.
The first idea is a 50% renewable energy standard, but designed to not inhibit t... |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Morning Brief: Florida munis ask for a second serving of solar, New York bets on batteries | New York chooses batteries over fossils: “The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20-megawatt storage projec... |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Big gas to blow, powerline tax credit, Trump dumps Paris, and more: pvMB 11/6/19 | Epitome of America’s shale gas boom now warns it may go bust – “Reflecting growing pain across the energy sector, the Oklahoma-based company, Chesapeake Energy Corp, shares and bonds tumbled Tuesday after it said it may not be viable as a “... |
| May 1, 2019 | California’s largest CCA project ever, a city run entirely on solar: pvMB 5/1/19 | sPower, MCE complete California’s largest CCA solar project – Commercial operation has been reached on Antelope Expansion 2, meaning that now that the project and all 130 glorious MW of capacity it boasts are now the largest in California o... |
| Dec 9, 2010 | Are all bets off for solar and wind if Treasury grant program isn’t renewed? Not everyone agrees | Major renewable energy associations are cranking up the heat on Congress to renew a federal cash grant program that expires at the end of this year.
The latest salvo fired came today from the American Council on Renewable Energy, which warn... |
| Sep 8, 2009 | First Solar to build massive 2-GW plant in China | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
First Solar, the largest solar developer in the w... |
| Sep 8, 2009 | First Solar to build massive 2-GW plant in China | First Solar, the largest solar developer in the world, announced that it will be building the largest solar panel array in the world to date, at 2,000 megawatts, in the Mongolian desert. A massive undertaking, the facility isn’t expected to... |
| ‘Basel III’ bank rules could pose unexpected threat to Biden’s green energy plans | Banks, renewable energy groups, and congressional Democrats are raising alarms about potential harm to clean energy and climate goals from a proposed banking regulation.
The “Basel III endgame” framework would require banks to hold more cap... |
| EGEB: New Mexico funds EVs and charging stations despite coronavirus squeeze | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
New Mexico’s governor prioritizes EVs and charging stations for Santa Fe despite the coronavirus.
House Democrats have included green energy tax incentives in the coronavirus stimulus package.
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| Feds vote to reduce bottlenecks in connecting new power sources to the energy grid | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity, on Thursday voted to approve a new rule that aims to streamline and speed up the interconnection process.
The en... |
| ACORE - State of the Industry Webinar: The Infrastructure Plan for Offshore Wind | Orrick partner Cory Lankford will be moderating at the American Council on Renewable Energy’s (ACORE) State of the Industry webinar, “The Infrastructure Plan for Offshore Wind”. This panel of experts will address how developers, utilities, ... |
| Here’s what 5 US green energy CEOs said about Joe Biden’s win | The green energy industry is obviously delighted about Joe Biden’s US presidential win. Biden wants to rejoin the Paris Accord, rapidly accelerate green energy, and create millions of green energy jobs. Here’s what five CEOs had to say abou... |
| How green energy and oil fared in the US Senate’s approved stimulus package | The US Senate has unanimously passed the $2 trillion stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the largest emergency aid package in US history. And the green energy sector didn’t get anything, as expected… but neither d... |
