Advancing Building Electrification | October 25, 2024
Advanced Energy United
United in our mission to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy.
A Note From Our CEO
2024 has produced unprecedented investment in building electrification and efficiency policy, including groundbreaking bills in California, Colorado, and Washington, and adoption of new regulatory approaches that will create and shape markets. Policy changes that empower advanced energy solutions to provide clean, affordable, and resilient buildings are being driven by state leaders across the country. We’re proud of all that we’ve accomplished so far, and this is just the beginning. Our webinar on Tuesday, October 29, “Leveraging Today’s Trends in Building Electrification and Efficiency ,” will feature United staff and expert panelists discussing these policy developments and how we as an industry can build on this momentum.?
Heather O'Neill, President & CEO
Policy Update
Illinois clean energy industries are unified in supporting HB5856 and SB3959, which would establish the first clean energy storage procurement mandate for the state to ensure a more reliable grid and address challenges that are slowing down renewable energy resource development. United’s Trish Demeter spoke to the importance of adding more energy storage to address Illinois’ energy capacity shortfalls, emphasizing legislative action is needed now as deploying large-scale energy storage resources will take time. Read more.> ?
On the Blog
The advanced energy sector has experienced significant job growth in recent years, driven by technology advancements, increased investment in renewable energy sources, and supportive government policies. To quantify this job growth in 2023, Advanced Energy United analyzed five major industry segments and developed both national and state-specific fact sheets for 14 states as resources for decisionmakers. Read more.> ?
Webinars
2024 has been a monumental year for electrification and efficiency policies and market developments. In this webinar, United and several expert panelists will cover the trends we observed this year in building electrification policy, how these policy trends are impacting on-the-ground adoption of advanced energy solutions, and what more still needs to be done to achieve 100% clean homes and businesses. Register here.> ?
Member News
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $428 million in investments for negotiation of award across 12 states through the?Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program. United member company Mainspring Energy, Inc. was among the awardees selected by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains to help revitalize communities impacted by coal mine or coal power plant closures. Read more.> ?
领英推荐
Bloomberg News reports, amidst rising electricity demand and more frequent extreme weather events, United member company Form Energy Inc. has developed a battery that can feed electricity to the power grid for 100 hours straight, 25 times longer than most grid-tied batteries today. The company’s first factory is making cells and modules to be installed at power plants starting next year, from Colorado to Virginia. Read more.> ?
United member company Pattern Energy Group, in partnership with Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC, GridLab, and Catalyst Cooperative, released the Resource Adequacy Renewable Energy (RARE) Power dataset to provide open-source, county-level, hourly time-series wind and solar power data across the continental U.S. The dataset will enable energy system planners to model renewable resources as they actually behave in varying weather and system conditions and minimize the need for additional fossil capacity for grid reliability. Read more.> ?
The DOE recently announced $4.2 billion in federal investments through the second round of Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) funding for 46 projects in 47 states plus the District of Columbia. United member companies Highland Electric Fleets, Inc., Generac Power Systems, and Utilidata, were among those selected for this second round of funding. The funding aims to protect the U.S. power grid against growing threats of extreme weather, lower costs for communities, and enable additional grid capacity. Read more.> ?
The Associated Press reports that one of the largest solar projects in the U.S. recently opened in Texas, backed by United member company Google. In total, Google has contracted with clean energy developers to bring more than 2,800 MW of new wind and solar projects to the state, which exceeds the amount of power required for its operations there. Read more.> ?
Industry Events
At our Leadership Forum this December, leaders from our membership will engage in facilitated conversations and interactive strategy sessions with political, business, and industry leaders from across the country to inform our strategy as the only clean energy business association with the mission to achieve 100% clean energy. Showcase your brand to our membership through sponsorship of the event. To learn more or become a sponsor, visit here or contact Jeremiah Holston at [email protected] .
Be a part of the only event specifically designed to advance interconnection processes and policy, GridTECH Connect Forum Northeast! Taking place in Newport, RI, attendees will gain insights from over 60+ industry experts about distributed energy resources (DERs), utility-scale interconnection, and other advanced energy alternatives, including community solar, battery energy storage, virtual power plants, and microgrids. Register here.> ?
Over the course of two jam-packed days, Intersolar and Energy Storage North America Texas attendees will get to hear from solar and storage professionals, covering key insights, products, and connections needed to do business in the Lone Star state. Don’t miss United's Matthew Boms, who will be featured on the conference’s "Legislative Preview: Texas Energy Policy in the 89th Regular Session" panel. Register here.> ?
Taking place in Salt Lake City, Mountain West Renewables Summit attendees will have the chance to learn more about the current and future state of the Mountain West energy markets and connect with the region’s leading energy decision-makers and executives. Don’t miss United’s Leah Rubin Shen, who will be featured as part of the “Evaluating the Advancement of Western Grid Integration and Regionalization” panel on the first day of the event. Register here.> ?
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