Renewable Energy News / Legislation

CATL and Honda to form comprehensive strategic alliance on batteries for New Energy Vehicles; Honda acquires 1% of shares

July 10, 2020

By mmillikin China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) and Honda have signed an agreement to form a comprehensive strategic alliance on new energy vehicle batteries to strengthen their strategic partnership and promote the popularization of electrified vehicles. This agreement will enable the two companies to begin discussions on a broad range of areas including…

Yale poll finds most New Jerseyans support proposals included in Clean Energy Equity Act

July 10, 2020

By Kelsey Misbrener A new poll from Yale University, George Mason University and Climate Nexus found that at least 7 in 10 New Jerseyans support the proposals included in the New Jersey Clean Energy Equity Act currently on the agenda for the Senate Environment Committee meeting on July 16. The bill aims to help low-income…

Congressional Climate Crisis Action Plan Can Hit Net Zero Carbon Emissions, Add $8 Trillion In Benefits By 2050

July 7, 2020

By Energy Innovation Net zero emissions pledges are proliferating among states, cities, corporations, and utilities across the United States, and many are pointing to clean energy as a road to economic recovery in the face of COVID-19.But despite economic and job opportunities generated by clean energy, and scientific warnings that net zero emissions are needed…

Mercedes-Benz announces strategic partnership and equity stake in Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis

July 3, 2020

By mmillikin Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., Ltd., including taking an equity stake. Key elements of the agreement include the development and industrialization of advanced cell technologies, accompanied by ambitious goals for cost competitiveness. The technological focus is on significant increases in range…

The Path to a Net-Zero Economy: Where Do We Stand?

July 2, 2020

By [email protected] There’s more political momentum than ever around achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, especially following the release of House Democrats’ new Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy. But where do we currently stand on that trajectory? And is the path to zero as inclusive as it should be? On this episode of…

House passes infrastructure bill with key solar, storage provisions

July 2, 2020

By Kelsey Misbrener On July 1, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 2, the act to rebuild the country’s infrastructure. The Moving Forward Act contains key solar and storage legislation that the solar industry has lobbied for in the midst of COVID-19, including an extension of the ITC, a direct pay option and…

Democrats’ clean energy plan would boost EVs, but steps back from Green New Deal

July 1, 2020

By [email protected] (Stephen Edelstein) Congressional Democrats unveiled a new clean energy action plan Tuesday that would emphasize electric cars, but it steps back from some aspects of the previous Green New Deal plan. Dubbed the Climate Crisis Action Plan, it includes a provision that would end sales of new internal-combustion passenger cars by 2035, and…

House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis releases plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

June 30, 2020

By Kelsey Misbrener On June 30, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair Kathy Castor (D-FL), members of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a comprehensive plan titled “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.” The report lays out…

Congress set to vote on major job-creating, national infrastructure bill

June 30, 2020

By EDF Energy Exchange By Felice StadlerThree months into the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear that the American economy and the nation’s workforce needs more help. Millions are still out of work and experts have declared a recession. To address this need, next week the House of Representatives will take up a recovery bill that seeks…

US Congress ponders wind tax credit extension

June 26, 2020

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Democratic Lawmakers Include Renewables Incentives In US Infrastructure Bill

June 25, 2020

By [email protected] Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives this week introduced several pieces of legislation that could buoy renewables as part of a larger infrastructure package. The Moving Forward Act, the text of which was released Monday, includes extensions of both the production tax credit and the investment tax credit to 2025 as…

Why Tackle Climate Change? To Save Craft Beer and Outdoor Sports

June 25, 2020

By [email protected] There aren’t many sporting events taking place amid the pandemic, but athletes and the brands that support them aren’t sitting idle. Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit organization representing the outdoor sports community on climate issues, recently spent a week virtually lobbying the U.S. Congress for bolder climate action and environmental protections. Professional snowboarder…

Environmental Group Pursues Solar Home Mandate in Ten States

June 23, 2020

By [email protected] Environment America, a U.S. environmental advocacy group, today unveiled an effort to get home solar mandates — similar to the requirement that went into effect this year in California — installed in 10 states across the country. The environmental group, which is made up of a “federation of state-based organizations,” said it plans…

NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

June 22, 2020

By mmillikin A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Idaho National Laboratory has produced a detailed assessment of the current levelized cost of light-duty electric-vehicle charging (LCOC) in the United States, considering when, where, and how EVs are charged. The LCOC includes costs associated with the purchase and installation of charging…

To Support Recovery, Protect Environmental Agency Budgets

June 19, 2020

By Noah Long The New Mexico legislature convenes this week to revise the State’s budget to address funding shortfalls resulting from economic impacts of COVID-19. The legislature will face many tough decisions, but one easy decision is to retaining as much funding as possible for environmental and natural resources agencies – the very agencies responsible…