Attorney Taite McDonald is a partner in international law Holland & Knight and a member of the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group. As a rising star in its Washington, D.C. office, Ms. McDonald focuses her practice at the intersection of innovation and government. She is especially well-known for running complex, cross-government matters with intricate legal, policy and financing components. Ms. McDonald's is highly knowledgeable in several areas, including energy technology commercialization, federal energy procurement, innovative U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracting, and government grants and loan guarantees, as well as biofuels, cannabis and hemp.

The accomplished Ms. McDonald with join host Dan French for a frank and forward-thinking discussion into the current state of the solar industry given the many legal, economic and environmental cross-winds it's now facing. Will new technology and massive investment from the Biden Administration and the private sector save solar from supply chain stress? How will the DOE process and handle billions of dollars of grant investments into the clean economy? What will the impending Biden Administration's DOD procurement cycle mean for the clean tech as it winds up?

Explore these questions and ask your own on this episode of the Virginia Solar Summit Live Stream!