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Two solar loan guarantees canceled

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2011

The Department of Energy canceled loan guarantees for two solar energy projects (SolarCity Corp. and First Solar) recently

DOI supports geothermal energy bill with leasing provision caveat

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2011

On August 3, DOI told the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests that while the agency generally supports the Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2011 (S. 1149) seeking to expand geothermal energy production, it wants to see changes to provisions for determining the fair market value of federal leases

EIA report cites large subsidy increases for renewables in 2010

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2011

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) unveiled a study August 1 entitled, “Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2010.”

$102 million for ME wind

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2011

The Department of Energy finalized a $102 million loan guarantee August 15 for Record Hill Wind LLC to support a wind project in Roxbury, Maine

Additional cybersecurity guidance necessary

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2012

The Government Accountability Office released a report January 9 finding that the Department of Homeland Security and other sector-specific agencies have failed to identify the most applicable and effective cybersecurity guidance for each critical private-sector infrastructure industry

Reviews and permitting streamlined

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 9 2011

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation (S.B. 226) October 4 to streamline the environmental review and permitting processes for infill development and renewable energy projects

$133.9 million loan guarantee announced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2011

The Department of Energy awarded August 19 a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas

Legislation introduced

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2011

Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) led a group of Senate Republicans in introducing legislation (S. 1932) November 30 that would require President Obama to issue a permit no later than 60 days after the bill’s enactment to build the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline between Alberta, Canada, and the U.S. Gulf Coast

Partnership with State of California on RE projects

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2012

On January 13, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a memorandum of understanding to expand a 2009 agreement, signed by Salazar and then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that calls for expedited DOI review and processing of CA renewable energy projects

SBIR and SBTT deadline

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2012

The application deadline is looming January 31 -- for phase I funding for the Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards, which help small businesses develop technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation