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How AI and Hardware Innovations Are Disrupting Climate Tech
5 minute watch | March.25.2025
David J. Neff, a partner at Ecliptic Capital, joined Zac Padgett to discuss the latest in climate tech.
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Why Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas
6 minute watch | March.25.2025
Sean Voigt, the founder of Austin Climate Hub, joined Zac Padgett to discuss why renewable energy is generating so much demand.
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California Battery Fires: Mitigating Commercial Risks in BESS Transactions
by Patrick Ferguson, Rohit Sachdev and Eric Stephens
5 minute read | February.06.2025
California regulators are adopting stricter measures and proposing sweeping reforms and legislation that could impact utility-scale BESS development.
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Navigating Renewable Energy Projects in the Trump Era: Tariffs, Taxes, and Commercial Strategies
58 minute watch | December.10.2024
Trump’s second term is expected to potentially disrupt the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and impose sweeping tariffs and other import restrictions.
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Orrick Energy Storage Update 2024: A Global Portrait of Surging Growth
by Rohit Sachdev and Les Sherman
2 hour read | April.18.2024
The Orrick Energy Storage Update 2024 explores global battery storage market trends.
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California Clarifies Timelines for Mid-Term Reliability Procurement Mandates of Renewables and Storage
by Patrick Ferguson and Monica Molina
2 minute read | March.19.2024
The California Public Utilities Commission has clarified that load-serving entities must have projects online by June 1 to meet annual renewable or ...
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Orrick Speaks: Patrick Ferguson on the $7.3B California Grid Plan
5 minute read | June.29.2023
Reuters spoke with Renewable Energy Partner Patrick Ferguson about the impact of the $7.3 billion California Grid Plan on the state's long-term clean ...
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Overview of the French law of March 10, 2023 on the acceleration of renewable energy production
by Geoffroy Berthon
24 minute watch | April.28.2023
In this interview, Geoffroy Berthon describes the various inputs of the French law of March 10, 2023 on the acceleration of renewable energy ...
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IRA: Energy Communities and Brownfields Tax Guidance: What Companies Need To Know
by Wolfram Pohl and Stacy Kray
12 minute read | April.06.2023
Initial guidance for the bonus credit amount for renewable energy projects located in “energy communities” answers numerous questions about how to ...
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Winning PPAs in the West: Key Regulatory Drivers
1 hour watch | March.08.2023
Orrick partners Rohit Sachdev, Patrick Ferguson and Cory Lankford led a discussion on “Winning PPAs in the West: Key Regulatory Drivers”, focusing on ...
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Orrick Energy Storage Update 2021 – 2022
by Rohit Sachdev and Les Sherman
October.26.2021
By any measure, 2020 served as a banner year for the global energy storage market, despite significant challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FERC Opens Organized Markets to Distributed Energy Resources
by A. Cory Lankford
October.15.2020
At its September 17, 2020, meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a groundbreaking order that will enable aggregators of ...