Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure

In a slip opinion issued on November 19, 2020, the United States Court of International Trade (“USCIT”) permitted the imposition of tariffs on bifacial solar panels, a victory for the Trump administration’s years-long effort to limit imports of foreign-made solar technologies.

This alert discusses the SEC’s November 17, 2020 adoption of rule amendments that allow the use of electronic signatures in some circumstances — a step that will streamline filing procedures for public companies.

Read about the SEC’s amendment to its capital raising rules for Regulation Crowdfunding to promote capital formation and expand investment opportunities.

M&A Activity: Read the latest round of M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space. Read here.

Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events.

Don’t miss this month’s exciting virtual events, including a four-day conference on grid innovation and a webinar on overcoming storage interconnection barriers. Learn more here.

Client Feature: This month, we are thrilled to feature Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., an agricultural bioscience company developing crop innovations to improve global food security. Read here.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections covers Quaise and its pioneering energy drilling system to unlock geothermal energy, energy policy news from Washington, recent M&A activity & more.

Learn about upcoming energy industry webinars, including a webinar on leveraging voter engagement for clean energy growth and the GTM Solar Summit.

Read about Quaise, an MIT-led startup pioneering a new energy drilling system in effort to unlock geothermal energy and its recent $6 million funding round.

Read about the SEC’s final amendments to the shareholder-proposal requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Read about recent M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space, including JOX Energy’s acquisition of EnergyWare and BayWa r.e. U.S.’s purchase of Enable Energy.

On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 2222 to allow for the greater participation of distributed energy resource aggregations in organized wholesale markets. The long-awaited rule is aimed at increasing competition in electric markets, enhancing grid flexibility and reliability, and leveling the playing field when it comes to organized capacity, energy, and ancillary services run by regional grid operators.

Read about MIT Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that aims to drive social impact innovation and help solve world challenges.

Read about recent M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space, including Falck Renewables and Eni New Energy US’s agreement to acquire Building Energy Holdings US for $32.5 million.

Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox. This month’s edition includes:

Learn about upcoming energy industry webinars, including the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s 2020 Annual Fuels Conference on September 30.

This past July, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced a final set of regulations for the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target program (SMART). Such regulations are intended to promote cost-effective solar development throughout Massachusetts.