On March 6, 2025, the Clean Energy Business Network sent a letter signed by 214 small business leaders, representing a total of 155 businesses and organizations, urging Congress to preserve the energy tax credits to ensure business certainty and promote…

In the first Experts Only podcast episode of 2025, host Jon Powers, President of CleanCapital, spoke with CEBN President Lynn Abramson about effective advocacy strategies for engaging the 119th Congress and Trump Administration.

The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) and Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN) were pleased to participate in Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)’s Louisiana Energy Security Summit in Baton Rouge on October 16th, which focused on unleashing American abundance in a changing…

The Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize offers over $3 million in funding to foster the creation of high-quality, equitable jobs in the clean energy sector. This prize aims to support coalitions in developing comprehensive strategies to enhance job quality…

CEBN provides an overview of the various functions, objectives, and programs of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).

Elective pay, also commonly referred to as “direct pay,” is a new mechanism included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that enables certain tax-exempt entities to receive direct cash payments from the IRS in the amount of an energy tax…

CEBN provides a summary of the core functions, strategic financing programs, and ongoing and planned investments of the Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, which was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) co-hosted the two-day Community Clean Energy Coalition (CCEC) Prize Summit at the Atlanta University Center. This blog provides an in-depth overview of various events held during the…

The Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), known as “America’s Seed Fund,” provides nondilutive grants to small businesses to help them develop and commercialize technology innovations.

The Manufacturing of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT) Prize will make approximately $30 million in total funding available to catalyze domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components, moving manufacturing facilities from planning to shovel-ready and enabling strategies…

CEBN provides a summary of the goals and various programs and initiatives of the Department of Energy’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs, which was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

In a guest blog post, BPC’s Natalie Tham highlights exciting new changes to DOE’s SBIR/STTR program that align with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s recommendations to help this important program achieve its full potential.