… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and … power generates electricity during the day, but fails to provide energy during the evening hours when demand peaks. The resulting overproduction and waste of renewable energy — and … valuation of renewable energy. Download the Report File Download file Areas of Focus Clean Energy Related Initiatives Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locates solar energy production and agricultural operations. … farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable energy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or energy” … at American Farmland Trust MESc 2021 Alumni Download the Report File Download file Areas of Focus Clean Energy Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice …
… SolarizeCT, which began in 2009, is designed to increase the installation of residential … interested in solarizing their community. Clean Energy Equity and Justice Solarize Your Community: An Evidence-Based Guide for Accelerating the Adoption of Residential Solar … … interested in solarizing their community. Download the Report File Download file Areas of Focus Clean Energy Equity and Justice Related Programs Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion …
… growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers … associated with land devoted to conventional solar, pollinator-friendly solar, and farming. Our analysis reveals that pollinator-friendly solar may generate private benefits to solar … and captured by astute policymakers. Download the Report File Download file Areas of Focus Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and …
… in different settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in … of cases to explore in full depth. A second stage entails the selection of two to four well-matched cases (for information on matched comparisons see George and Bennett, 2004) … in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Clean Energy Environmental Innovation … This project explores the …
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… Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the … Yale School of Management Experts, Faculty Download the Report File Download file Areas of Focus Clean Energy Corporate Sustainability Related Initiatives Financing and Deploying …
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