This article, from law firm Mintz Levin Cohn, is authored by Bryan M. Stockton The Department of Energy recently announced a $4 billion loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects. Targeted areas include waste to energy, grid integration and storage, drop-in biofuels, energy efficiency improvements, and enhancement of existing facilities (such as repowering). The DOE’s…
Clean Energy Patent Growth Index – 2013 Year in Review
This article, from law firm Mintz Levin, is authored by Carl Kukkonen. The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) has released its 2013 Year in Review report. The report, tracking green patent trends by sector, provides interesting insight on the status of Energy Technology investing. Though there had been talk of an Energy Technology investing slowdown…
President’s FY 2015 budget emphasizes clean energy
This article, from law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, is authored by David Leiter, Jordan Collins, Bryan Stockton, and Sarah Litke. President Obama recently released his $3.9 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which begins October 1. The annual budget proposal signals administration priorities for the coming year. In…
60 minutes’ “The Cleantech Crash”: CBS news program’s criticism of the clean energy industry and the reaction of clean energy advocates
This article, from law firm Mintz Levin, is authored by Paul H. Dickerson. On January 5, 2014, the CBS news program 60 Minutes aired a segment featuring correspondent Lesley Stahl, titled “The Cleantech Crash.” The news program asserted that “despite billions invested by the U.S. government in so-called ‘Cleantech’ energy, Washington and Silicon Valley have…
Unified Patent System will save European energy and cleantech innovators thousands
This article, from law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, is authored by Sahir Surmeli The creation of a patent system that will significantly ease an inventor’s path to gaining protection for his or her intellectual property across Europe will soon be reality, according to an article by Mintz Levin attorneys David Wraige and Anne Campbell.…
Massachusetts’ nascent water technology cluster poised for strong growth
This article comes from law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, and is authored by Thomas R Burton. Editor’s note: A recent commentary in Windpower Engineering & Development noted the energy-water collision and the contribution wind power can make to cushion it. This article further highlights the urgency of the fresh water…
Congress considers expanding master limited partnerships for clean energy
This article, from law firm Mintz Levin PC, is authored by Jordan Collins and Bryan Stockton. Technological innovation is driving renewable energy towards a future where it is cost competitive without subsidies and provides a growing share of America’s energy. But for all the technical progress made by the clean energy industry, financial innovation is…