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Power Purchase Agreements: Engineering Investment Grade Projects

When examining projects that are seekingthird-party financing, such asthrough financed Power Purchase Agreements, it is important to understand the finance partner’s technical requirements for the [...]

May 07, 2021

Power Purchase Agreements: Finance Aware From The Start

Being “FinanceAware” from the start of every project sets up developers and EPCs for an easy pivot to efficiently financing a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for their project, creating a triple win [...]

May 04, 2021

The Future of the Grid: The Evolution of Energy in America

As we embrace a Federal Administration that is focused on grid modernization and the evolution of energy in America, we must start to imagine what the 21st century grid will look like. The majority [...]

March 11, 2021

Earthships: Engineering Sustainable Architecture

Concerns about climate change and our environmental footprints are widespread and, as a result,more and more people are trying to think of ways to calculate, monitor, and reduce their environmental [...]

January 22, 2021

Implications of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

In September, Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R. 6210), a bill prohibiting the import of certain products from Xinjiang, China. Xinjiang is thought to house at least 380 [...]

December 16, 2020

Election Day 2020: A Hopeful View For A Renewed Nation

On the eve of what is undoubtedly the most consequential election in at least three generations, I remain hopeful that the American people will choose a path of optimism and progress. That they will [...]

November 02, 2020

Bill #ZTA 20-01: Bringing Solar to Agricultural Land in Maryland

New Energy Equity (NEE) has developed roughly 25% of the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar projects in Minnesota, despite being headquartered in Maryland. A big reason that Minnesota has become [...]

October 28, 2020

Energy Access and Environmental Justice For Native American Households

Indigenous communities across the U.S. have long struggled to gain reliable access to electricity and power. Despite policies like the Rural Electrification Act of 1935 –developed to bring [...]

October 14, 2020

Big Tech’s Big Moves on Climate

Since the 90s’ dot com boom and bust, internet and software companies have dominated the business landscape. The Tech business model is drastically different from traditional models because, for the [...]

October 07, 2020

Environmental Justice

When you think of environmental justice, you might think of the availability of safe drinking water, or air quality, or perhaps the placement of toxic facilities across the country. Environmental [...]

September 04, 2020