2022

Feasibility and Implications of Two Dozen States Achieving 100% Renewable Energy Goals Equitably

A new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, in conjunction with COPAL (Minnesota), GreenRoots (Massachusetts), and the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition seeks to better understand the feasibility and implications of states meeting 100 percent of their electricity needs with renewable energy by 2035.

Exploring Peaker Power Plant Inequities with Clean Energy Group’s New Mapping Tool

This webinar will introduce CEG’s Peaker Plant Mapping Tool and provide an overview of how it can be used to explore the economic and racial disparities of peaker plants. Speakers from UPROSE, and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team will present.

Energy Storage Solutions and Technical Assistance Fund for Multifamily Properties in Connecticut

To assist multifamily affordable housing facilities in evaluating the feasibility of energy storage, the Connecticut Green Bank has partnered with CEG to offer project-specific technical assistance and funding support for pre-development studies.

Quantifying the Health Benefits of Clean Energy Policies with EPA’s AVERT and COBRA Tools

The EPA’s AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) and the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) tool can be used by state, local, and tribal entities to evaluate and communicate the air quality, health, and economic benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs.

Building Community Resilience with Green Mountain Power

GMP has partnered with four Vermont towns to install custom energy storage projects that pair clean power generation with utility-scale batteries to provide community resilience in the face of increasing storm-related grid outages.

Mobile Solar+Storage for Emergency Management

This webinar will provide an overview of how mobile solar+storage units are built and operated. Emergency response officials will speak to their experience deploying these systems in the field.

Resilience Hubs: Model Overview and Community Case Studies

Presenters will discuss the services, programs, communications and operational elements in addition to the building retrofits and resilient power systems – solar PV paired with battery storage – that have made their Resilience Hubs a trusted community node for resilience.

Community Solar + Climate Resiliency: Rolling Up Our Sleeves

Leading edge community solar and battery storage doers and project planners discussed their accomplishments and insights into the most critical needs for optimizing, expanding and accelerating community solar benefits.

Visualizing Equitable Energy Transitions with SLOPE

Representatives from NREL will go over ways that state and local governments can use the Scenario Planner and SLOPE data visualizations to explore grid decarbonization, building efficiency, and electrification strategies, in isolation and in combination.

An Introduction to the Solar Power in Your Community Guidebook

Panelists from NREL and DOE will present the updated Solar Power in Your Community Guidebook and discuss how it can be a resource for developing a supportive local environment for innovative, equitable, and community-led solar.