The energy storage landscape is experiencing a dramatic transformation in 2025, marked by a complex interplay of policy rollbacks and surging private investment. While President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has significantly altered the federal incentive structure for clean energy, battery storage has emerged as...
For decades, Delaware reigned supreme as America's corporate capital, with its business-friendly laws and specialized Chancery Court system making it the go-to choice for company incorporation....
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the world’s largest private fusion company, has selected Chesterfield County, Virginia as the site for the world's first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant. Following a global search, CFS, which was spun out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a startup in...
The year 2023 saw a shift in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape for venture-backed companies. According to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor ...
There have been two recent cases from the Court of Appeals of Virginia regarding the application of easements. For the uninitiated, an easement is a right to someone else’s property for a particular purpose. Common examples include power lines, sidewalks, and shared driveways....
As the renewable energy sector continues to harness wind, solar, and other renewable sources to provide cleaner energy, it’s increasingly turning to artificial Intelligence (AI) to help it do so more efficiently and effectively. ...
2023 was a big year for solar energy development in Virginia and throughout the country. Some of the factors that contributed to solar growth included high oil prices, more states passing legislation mandating shifts to renewable energy sources, and significant federal incentives spurring investments through the...
In the excitement of the “idea” phase of a startup’s life, it is easy for its founders to forget that the company’s only real asset at that time is its intellectual property (“IP”). If the founders are able to decide on an appropriate split of...
The excitement of a startup often clouds founders thinking. They are amped up to go into business with friends, or at least with people they think they can be successful with in the future. If the founders are able to decide on an appropriate split of...
The typical founder team starts an entrepreneurial venture with limited resources—meaning their own resources. They run a race to get customers to buy their product before the company runs out of cash. They may get an SBA loan, they may get some money from an...