Webinar & Events - 2026

The AI Power Problem: Why Battery Storage is Crucial to Data Center Development

June 24, 2026

Battery energy storage is rapidly becoming a core design requirement for data center infrastructure and can address many of the issues that AI presents to the energy grid. This ESTAP webinar discussed the landscape of battery storage and data centers and the emerging “bring your own capacity” model.

Members-Only: Water Cooler – Engaging with the Media on Energy Affordability

June 16, 2026
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Members-Only: CESA x HEET Networked Geothermal Working Group Meeting – Site Suitability: Key Findings from Minnesota

June 12, 2026
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Beyond Lithium, Part 2: ESS Tech’s Iron Flow Battery

June 3, 2026

CEG’s “Beyond Lithium” webinar series spotlights the emerging energy storage technologies beyond lithium-ion batteries. This session explored ESS Tech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of iron flow long-duration energy storage systems with multiple projects in development.

Solar and Energy Storage for Massachusetts Environmental Justice Communities: Benefits, Barriers, and Solutions

May 26, 2026

A new report estimates the potential for behind-the-meter solar paired with storage in Massachusetts EJ neighborhoods and identifies possible solutions to address barriers to adoption. In this CEG webinar, speakers present the report and discuss its findings.

How Solar and Energy Storage Can Support Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Transition

May 19, 2026

A new report makes the case that behind-the-meter solar and solar paired with storage systems are an underutilized but essential key to meeting Massachusetts’ rising electricity demand cleanly, affordably and equitably. In this CEG webinar, panelists present the report and discuss its findings.

Virtual Power Plants: The Shape of the Modern Grid

May 13, 2026

Join Applied Economics Clinic and Todd Olinsky-Paul of CEG for a presentation providing an overview of the state of the art in virtual power plants including program design, state policy, grid benefits and basic economics.

Virtual Power Plants and Energy Justice

April 22, 2026

Virtual power plants (VPPs) can be an excellent way to add flexible, carbon-free capacity to the grid. However, they run the risk of exacerbating existing inequalities. This CESA webinar explores opportunities to incorporate energy justice into state and utility VPP programs.

Beyond Lithium, Part 1: Hydrostor’s Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage

April 8, 2026

This first installment of CEG’s “Beyond Lithium” webinar series explores Hydrostor, an advanced compressed air energy storage company that has projects currently in development across the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Federal Tax Credits: Material Assistance Rules for Mere Mortals

April 6, 2026

The Department of the Treasury released long-awaited interim guidance on the “prohibited foreign entities” (PFE) rules that apply to some federal tax credits for energy property on February 12, 2026. In this CESA webinar, experts from Tax Law Center at NYU Law present the new guidance and answer questions about its implications.