Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including the Dynamo Energy Transition Summit, Tough Tech Summit 2024, NECEC’s 15th Annual Green Future Gala, and New York Climate Week.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes a feature on ocean technologies company Tiburon Subsea and the outlook for regulatory scrutiny of PFAS, plus energy policy news from Washington, litigation and regulatory updates, a roundup of recent M&A activity, and information on upcoming industry events.

In energy-related litigation news, Congressional Democrats are pressuring insurance regulators to integrate climate-related financial risks into their decision-making, and a federal judge in Missouri barred the state’s rules prohibiting investment advisers from utilizing ESG factors when making investment decisions.

Read about how the outcome of the presidential election could impact energy and sustainability policy in the inaugural edition of our 2024 Pre-Election Analysis series on how the November 2024 election will impact the legislative and regulatory landscape in a variety of areas.

Read about Pascal, a technology company pioneering low-pressure solid refrigerants for use in heat pumps, air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers, and its success in raising $8 million in a seed round.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including the EnergyBar Summer Rooftop Party.

Read about Infintium Fuel Cells acquisition of Goldenstone.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes features on key considerations for international venture capital investments and technology company Pascal, plus energy policy news from Washington, litigation updates, a roundup of recent M&A activity, and information on upcoming industry events.

In energy-related litigation news, Governor Newsom proposed delaying California’s mandatory climate disclosures by two years, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo has influenced the Fifth Circuit to vacate a ruling upholding an ESG-focused Department of Labor rule, and state and local lawsuits against major fossil fuel companies are expanding.

Our August Energy & Sustainability Washington Update covers the new bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the introduction of the DOE’s AI Act to advance American leadership and Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) initiative, a funding opportunity for solar and battery storage in Puerto Rico, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and IRA opportunities.

Read about President Biden’s recent withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, including her stance on technology, climate change, health care, and tax policy.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including the EnergyBar Summer Rooftop Party.

Read about GroGuru, a company applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to assist farmers, and its successful commercial launch of the first fully integrated wireless soil sensor probe for continuous root zone monitoring.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including the Dynamo Summer Summit.

Read about Alternative Power Partners acquisition of Renewable Construction Services.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes features on emerging trends in ESG-focused securities litigation and agricultural production company GroGuru, plus energy policy news from Washington, litigation updates, a roundup of recent M&A activity, and information on upcoming industry events.

In energy-related litigation news, a number of Congressional Democrats urged SEC Chairman Gensler to enforce SEC climate disclosure-related guidance, the Treasury Department and other federal agencies issued a joint statement on principles for voluntary carbon markets, recent legal decisions addressed ESG issues, and Republican state attorneys general petitioned the US Supreme Court to block the lawsuits from liberal states against fossil fuel companies.

Our July 2024 Energy & Sustainability Washington Update covers the IRS’s final rules on wage and registered apprenticeships at clean energy projects, the new set of supply chain cybersecurity principles released by the DOE, upcoming funding opportunities for small modular reactor technologies and methane emissions reduction, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and IRA opportunities.

Read about Quaise Energy, a trailblazer in the terawatt-scale geothermal energy space, and its recent $21 million Series A1 financing round, which will help Quaise accelerate its field operations and secure its supply chain.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including ClimaTech, a global climate tech conference that brings together thinkers, leaders, and innovators from around the world to Boston.