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Happy Birthday to the Clean Energy Business Network!

May 1, 2018 | Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

One year ago, I said goodbye to all my colleagues and friends at The Pew Charitable Trusts and packed up some boxes of old reports sitting under my desk.

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Public-Private Partnerships Fuel American Ingenuity

May 1, 2018 | Q&A with John Carlisle, Director, Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory; Bernard Johnson, Co-founder and CEO, ClearFlame; Ian Hamilton, Founder and CEO, Atlas Energy Systems, LLC; and Justin Whiteley; Chief technology officer and co-founder, Emergy

By the mid-21st century, the world will use twice as much energy as it does today, and the countries that have a reliable and affordable clean energy supply will be the strongest and most secure.

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From the Space Coast to Energy Innovation: The New Frontier for the Southeast’s Economy

May 1, 2018 | Q&A with Mike Aller, Executive Director, Energy Florida and Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

Florida is the launch pad for America’s aerospace industry. And now, a group called Energy Florida is tapping into the state’s engineering expertise to build out new economic opportunities in energy.

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Small Businesses are the Next Big Thing in Energy Innovation

April 28, 2018 | Q&A with Jen Derstine, Director of Strategy and Policy, Capstone Turbine Corp. and Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, making up more than 99 percent of all U.S. firms. They’re also what’s driving our clean energy future.

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New Portal for Sustainable Energy Commitments Launches on Earth Day

April 25, 2018 | Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

The “We Are Still In” campaign is a joint effort of more than 2,700 mayors, governors, business leaders, college and university presidents, investors, and other non-federal entities who have committed to taking action to address climate change.

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CEBN is Seeking Candidates for Two Internship Positions (Deadline Has Passed)

April 3, 2018 | Andy Barnes, Program Manager, Clean Energy Business Network

NOTE: The deadline for this opportunity has passed, and we are no longer accepting applicants for these roles. Please keep an eye out for future internship opportunities.

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TechLink: Tap into Innovation from Defense Department Laboratories

March 29, 2018 | Yvonne Rudman, Industry Liaison, TechLink and Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

Are you a clean energy business interested in learning more about energy innovations coming out of the Department of Defense?

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Update on Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations

March 27, 2018 | Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

Recently 86 CEBN members participated in our fiscal year 2018 appropriations sign-on letter to protect funding for clean energy programs. Congressional leaders have rejected the deep funding cuts proposed in the Administration’s FY 2018 budget request.

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Protected: Participant Information for CEBN Fly-in

Thank you for participating in our fly-in to Washington DC March 12-13, 2019 in support of appropriations for the U.S. Department of Energy. You will be meeting with Members of Congress and their staff to discuss your work with the DOE and advocate for robust funding in fiscal year 2020, which starts on Oct. 1, 2019.

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2019 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook Webinar Recording

The Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Clean Energy Business Network hosted a webinar briefing and Q&A on the 2019 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook on February 26.

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Update on Federal Appropriations and Tax

Updated February 9, 2018 │ Lynn Abramson, President & Andy Barnes, Program Manager, Clean Energy Business Network

Since last fall, the federal government has been running on a series of “continuing resolutions,” or short-term funding measures that continue the prior year’s spending levels.  Congress has been passing these incremental measures since Oct. 1, 2017 (when fiscal year 2018 began)—except for a brief government shutdown over one weekend in January.

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Clean Energy Business Network Unveils New Strategic Plan

February 1, 2018 | Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network

The Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN) is a group of 3,000+ business leaders working in every aspect of the clean energy economy—primarily executives of small- to medium-size companies.  After spinning out of The Pew Charitable Trusts last year to become an independent initiative of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), we launched a member-driven strategic planning effort to identify the major challenges facing these small energy businesses and ways the CEBN could provide assistance.

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