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Massachusetts’ Nascent Water Technology Cluster is Poised for Strong Growth

August 29, 2013 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

Massachusetts’ clean energy sector is one of the strongest and fastest growing in the nation. With robust educational resources from numerous world class universities and a supportive political environment, Massachusetts’ clean energy technology companies have a healthy development system in place.
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Ultra Light Startups Is Accepting Applications for Its Next Boston Future Energy Event on September 25

August 15, 2013 | Blog | By Sahir Surmeli

Ultra Light Startups Future Energy is currently accepting applications for its next startup-investor pitch event on Wednesday, September 25 in Boston. Future Energy, sponsored by Shell International’s GameChanger Program, is a series of pitch events that connects energy startups with venture capital and corporate investors in the energy and clean-tech industries.
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ML Strategies Client, Deepwater Wind, Wins First Federal Auction for Commercial Offshore Wind Development

August 8, 2013 | Blog

In the United States’ first competitive lease auction for commercial offshore wind development, Deepwater Wind, a ML Strategies client, won the provisional rights to develop two lease blocks about 17 miles south of Rhode Island between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard. 
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SEC Lifts Advertising Ban on Private Offerings: What It Means for Private Equity, Hedge and Venture Capital Funds

July 11, 2013 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

On July 10, the SEC adopted a new rule that will permit many private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds to use general advertising and solicitation when offering and selling interests in a fund. Effective in mid-September, this significant change in the law will permit private funds to advertise in any media.
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SiNode Systems Takes Home the National Clean Energy Business Competition Prize

June 13, 2013 | Blog | By Thomas Burton, Sahir Surmeli

Last night, SiNode Systems, representing the Western Southwest region of the country, was pronounced the winner of the this year’s Department of Energy National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.
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Natural Gas, Keystone XL, and Administrative Nominations – ML Strategies Weekly Energy and Environmental Update

May 31, 2013 | Blog | By David Leiter

Though Congress is out for Memorial Day recess this week, we anticipate that a significant amount of work will be accomplished in the weeks to follow. Last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its final forums on natural gas, focusing on liquid natural gas (LNG) exports and hydraulic fracturing.
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NREL Launches Solar Clearinghouse

April 9, 2013 | Blog

The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. As part of DOE’s SunShot Initiative, the Open Solar Performance and Reliability Clearinghouse (O-SPaRC) goal is to provide the private market tools to develop investment vehicles to tap low-cost public capital.
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Predictions of Single-Issue Energy Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, and American Energy Independence - ML Strategies Weekly Energy and Environmental Update

April 5, 2013 | Blog | By David Leiter

Although the House and Senate are on recess, April promises to be a busy month—the nominees for the Interior and Energy Departments will have their confirmation hearings in Senate next week, and Congress is expected to consider important energy legislation later this month.
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Future Energy Startup-Investor Pitch in collaboration with the MIT Clean Energy Prize: April 4th (applications due March 6)

March 5, 2013 | Blog | By Sahir Surmeli

Ultra Light Startups recognizes that game-changing ideas in alternative and renewable energy require capital to develop. Ultra Light also knows that investors are looking for companies and ideas with breakthrough potential.
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Mintz Ranked in Top Ten by LMG Clean Technology and Renewable Energy

February 19, 2013 | Blog | By Thomas Burton, Sahir Surmeli

Mintz’s Energy & Clean Technology Practice was recently recognized by LMG Clean Technology and Renewable Energy, a Euromoney Institutional Investor publication, as one of the top ten firms in the clean technology industry.
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Hemant Taneja's “Energy is not a zero-sum game anymore”: The End of the ‘Clean vs. Dirty’ Debate and the Rise of Advanced Energy Technologies

February 12, 2013 | Blog | By Sahir Surmeli

The rapid progress of advanced energy technologies and energy efficiency in the “conventional” areas of oil and gas as well as in the “clean” sources of wind, solar, and geothermal energy is allowing countries to do more from less energy.
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GreatPoint Energy Tops the List of Largest VC Deals in 2012

January 23, 2013 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

Greentech Media released their list of green technology’s largest venture capital deals for 2012, and GreatPoint Energy, a coal-to-natural-gas firm, is in first place.
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Climate Change: Emerging Law of Adaptation

January 9, 2013 | Blog

In the wake of Storm Sandy, adaptation to climate change is emerging as a public policy priority.
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New Municipal-Owned Solar Farm in Massachusetts, but More Obstacles Ahead

December 17, 2012 | Blog

Orlando Pacheco, the town administrator for Lancaster, Massachusetts, has something to boast about.
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Defense Agencies Seek Electrical Power from Biomass

December 13, 2012 | Blog

On December 12, 2012, the Defense Logistics Agency – Energy (DLA-E), in close coordination with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for electrical power from a biomass generation facility for up to 28 megawatts located on or contiguous to Fort Drum in Watertown, New York. 
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Cleaning Water with Oil: Inexpensive and Energy-Efficient

December 11, 2012 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

While completing his Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008, Anurag Bajpayee discovered a simple chemical trick with vast potential—he found that a certain class of oils can remove contaminants from water.
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ML Strategies Publishes Weekly Energy and Environmental Update on December 2, 2012

December 3, 2012 | Blog

ML Strategies has posted its weekly Energy and Environmental Update.  This publication provides timely  information on the fiscal cliff negotiations in the lame duck session, and other state and federal administrative and legislative activities related to energy and the environment.
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The Federal Trade Commission's Revised Green Guides

November 30, 2012 | Blog | By Sahir Surmeli

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, also known as the “Green Guides.”
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Second Circuit Applies the Filed Rate Doctrine to Electricity Rates Set by Market-Based Auctions

October 29, 2012 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

The filed rate doctrine precludes antitrust challenges to rates set or approved by federal agencies. The doctrine is broadly applied and covers, for example, wholesale electricity rates that are filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission), even in circumstances where the claimant alleges that the rates were initially set in a fraudulent or improper manner.
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At CFIUS's Recommendation, the President Blocks Chinese Company from Acquiring U.S. Wind Farms

October 1, 2012 | Blog | By Thomas Burton

President Obama issued an executive order prohibiting a Chinese-owned company from acquiring and owning four wind farms in the U.S. on September 28, 2012, which marks the first time in over two decades that a U.S. president has blocked a foreign transaction.
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