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July 9, 2021
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The CEBN works to advance federal policies that drive market-based approaches to accelerate the nation’s transition to cleaner, more efficient sources of energy. We encourage investments in critical programs to spur energy innovation and U.S. competitiveness in the global clean energy economy.
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June 16, 2021
CEBN Congratulates FY21 SBIR/STTR Awardees
Last week, the Department of Energy announced 235 American small businesses were collectively awarded $54 million through the 2021 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
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June 11, 2021
Recording – Powering Forward 7: Environmental Justice and the Clean Energy Economy
The seventh installment of Powering Forward was held in partnership with Grove Climate Group. The webinar explored the growing discussion regarding how to best understand, acknowledge, and address the wide-ranging societal dimensions of the clean energy transition — with EJ…
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April 21, 2021
Capital for Climate: 11 Ways to Ruin an Investor Meeting
Biden campaigned on prioritizing climate change in his Administration, with an ambitious $2T plan to invest in clean energy and setting a target for a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035. It was no surprise then that the new Administration has taken…
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February 12, 2021
Press Release: CEBN Applauds Steps to Spur American Energy Innovation
Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced several initial actions on bolstering innovation across the clean energy economy including the formulation of a Climate Innovation Working Group, releasing the outline of an innovation agenda, and the announcement of $100M in funding through…
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February 10, 2021
Energy and Climate Actions in Biden’s first Weeks in Office
Biden campaigned on prioritizing climate change in his Administration, with an ambitious $2T plan to invest in clean energy and setting a target for a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035. It was no surprise then that the new Administration has taken…
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December 23, 2020
Summary of End-of-Year Spending, Tax, and Energy Legislation
On Monday, December 21, 2020 Congressional leaders announced they had reached an agreement on a $900 billion COVID relief bill. The agreement cleared the way to pass a $1.4 trillion “omnibus” package to fund federal operations through September 2021. Legislators…
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December 12, 2020
Recording | SETO SBIR/STTR Informational Webinar
This CEBN webinar provided updates on the newly announced Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program topics for FY2021. The speakers below discussed the topics and the application process.
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November 13, 2020
Recording | Election Results and Impacts for the Clean Energy Economy
The sixth installment of Powering Forward, hosted by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and the Clean Energy Business Network, was held in partnership with Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum.
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October 28, 2020
Recording – Election Scenarios & Impacts on the Clean Energy Economy
The fifth installment of Powering Forward was held in partnership with Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell LLP . This webinar explored possible election outcomes, potential impacts on the clean energy economy, and prospects for federal action on energy and climate change.
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September 10, 2020
Recording – Powering Up an Inclusive Clean Energy Workforce
The fourth episode of the Powering Forward series is produced in partnership with Third Way. Speakers explored the opportunities and challenges associated with building and enhancing the clean energy workforce, with a focus on public private partnerships, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and…
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July 29, 2020
Recording – State of Play: A Clean Energy Powered Recovery
The third episode of the Powering Forward series was produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts and National Governors Association. This webinar examined the state and local response to COVID-19. Panelists explored how state governments are responding to COVID-19,…
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October 17, 2019
Tax Action Central
In fall 2019, Congress is considering a range of tax measures. Items on the table include reinstatement, extension, and/or modification of a number of clean energy tax credits. CEBN’s Tax Action Central provides all the tools you need to understand…
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December 12, 2018
Clean Energy Tax Incentives Caught Up in Year-End Negotiations
The fate of a short-term “continuing resolution” that would continue government funding through Feb. 8 is caught up in a disagreement between President Trump and Senate Democrats over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. A clean energy “tax extenders” package…
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November 27, 2018
House Tax Extenders Package: Clean Energy Impacts
On November 26, the House Ways and Means Committee unveiled its draft of the Taxpayer First Act of 2018, which would retroactively extend several dozen tax credits that expired at the end of 2017 as well as make additional technical…
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May 20, 2021
Cleantech Innovators Bring their Energy to Congress to Boost RD&D
This spring, 42 clean energy business leaders within the CEBN participated in a flurry of advocacy meetings on clean energy research, development, and demonstration. The group pushed Congress to boost funding for clean energy RD&D programs across the Department of…
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December 23, 2020
Powering Forward Together through 2020
We are incredibly thankful to each and every one of you for enabling the CEBN to serve as the small business voice of the clean energy economy. After three years of partnering with the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, we are excited…
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October 8, 2020
Press Release: CEBN Supports Clean Energy Innovators Across the U.S.
The Clean Energy Business Network recently surpassed 4,500 members and supporters in its network of clean energy business leaders in a flurry of summer and fall activities including support for the American-Made Solar prize.
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September 8, 2020
Recommendations on DOE Loan Programs Office reauthorization
The CEBN responded to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s (HSST) call for stakeholder input on the draft Department Of Energy Loan Programs Revitalization Act. The CEBN provided recommendations that will strengthen the clean energy small business economy…
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August 15, 2020
Press Release: Emily Duncan Joins CEBN Board of Directors
The Clean Energy Business Network’s Board of Directors recently voted to unanimously approve Emily Duncan as its newest member. Ms. Duncan, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for CEBN’s parent organization, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy,…
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August 10, 2020
Press Release: 250 Business Leaders Call for Clean Energy in COVID-19 Response
250 clean energy business leaders from across the nation have signed onto a letter urging Congress to include clean energy measures in an upcoming COVID-19 response or stimulus bill, putting communities back to work building a stronger, healthier, more resilient…
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April 13, 2020
CEBN Provides Recommendations to House Committee on COVID-19 response
The CEBN responded to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s (HSST) call for stakeholder input on ideas for responding to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. CEBN prepared recommendations via conversations with energy innovators, incubators, accelerators, and…
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March 31, 2020
Senate Committee on Appropriations: FY2021 Letter
The Administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2021 proposed deep cuts or even elimination of a number of clean energy programs, such as Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), Fossil…
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March 11, 2020
Small Businesses Urge Congress, DOE to Support Energy Innovation
Thirty small business leaders from the Clean Energy Business Network are traveling to Washington for meetings this week to highlight their energy innovations to officials at the Department of Energy and congressional leaders on Capitol Hill.
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December 20, 2019
Driving the Clean Energy Economy Forward in 2019—and into the Next Decade!
Throughout 2019, members of the Clean Energy Business Network stepped up by participating in events across the country, advocating in the halls of Congress, and making their voices heard through letters and op-eds. Learn how you and your fellow CEBN members…
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December 19, 2019
2019 Clean Energy Appropriations & Tax Update
After weeks of negotiation among Congressional leaders and the White House, Congress advanced two spending packages in the waning days of 2019 to fund the U.S. Government and extend a variety of expired clean energy tax incentives.
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November 19, 2019
Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act (Senate)
On July 25, Senators Carper (D-Del.) and Cardin (D-Md.) introduced The Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act, which would spur the deployment of waste heat to power (WHP) and bolster businesses, create jobs, and reduce harmful emissions. The…
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