For decades, clean energy and climate innovation and deployment have relied on, and been accelerated by, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) support through non-dilutive loans, grants, and other financial awards, combined with the DOE’s vast infrastructure of national labs and other partnerships and collaborations to spur research and technology development. That track record of success has been recognized and profoundly expanded upon by new laws designed to amplify the DOE’s capacity and reach, as well as empower other federal agencies to deepen their existing programs and launch new, complementary programs.

A trio of laws passed in the 117th Congress—the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021, the CHIPS Act of 2022, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—are the United States’ most significant steps toward undertaking a transformational global role in advancing clean energy technologies, climate solutions, and a sustainable economy. 

This white paper, authored by Todd Glass, Jarron Goddard, and Elise Zoli, offers an overview of major provisions providing federal funding opportunities to advance clean energy and climate solutions, with a focus on innovation-driven companies, their investors, and strategic partners. The paper also introduces Wilson Sonsini’s new Clean Energy & Climate Solutions Federal Funding Database—a single source to track current clean energy funding and tax credit opportunities across the federal government (the DOE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, among others).

Click here to read the white paper.