Classified Under: Alternative Energy

New Jersey recently received a $15.9 million federal grant to help with electric vehicle infrastructure projects pursuant to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $2.5 billion Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary grant program. This grant includes $10 million to help bui...

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)  awarded a combined 3,742 MW of offshore wind capacity to Invenergy and energyRE’s Leading Light Wind Project and Attentive Energy LLC’s Attentive Energy Two Project, advancing the State’s progress toward a 100% clean energy economy by...

Ørsted Americas, a Danish wind developer and industry leader, recently announced that it is halting development of two major offshore wind projects, proposed to be developed off of the shores of New Jersey (known as Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2).  A company statement blamed unfavorab...

On April 17, 2023 (the first day of Earth Week), Governor Phil Murphy announced the final adoption of regulations to implement New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice (EJ) Law. The EJ Law and implementing rules are the first in the nation aimed at reducing pollution in historicall...

The NJBPU recently released an updated version of a proposal to expand the New Jersey Electric Vehicles Infrastructure system. This updated Proposal expands upon its June 2021 Proposal which sought to address larger light-duty fleet charging, as well as the charging of medium and...

On October 6, 2022, the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Bob Smith and Senator Richard Codey that would require home sellers and landlords to notify prospective buyers and renters if a property is at risk of being affected by...

On July 20 2022, President Joe Biden called climate change an “existential threat” and unveiled new policies to fight its effects in response to Senator Joe Manchin’s objection to the Biden Administration’s proposed Federal wind legislation, which would create thousands of union jobs...

In addition to investments in clean energy, the bill called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) includes tax and health care provisions designed to reduce the federal budget deficit and limit inflation. However, much of the media’s attention has been on the climate provisi...