… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable energy generation, have made … energy where and when it is most valuable. Increase profitability of storage investments by valuing the time-dependent characteristics of electricity. Encourage renewable energy siting … outcomes. These proposals tend to fragment markets, resulting in poor economic efficiency. Meanwhile, proposals to make renewable energy subsidy markets more robust result …
… contributions: a policy framework of key decisions lessons learned from an examination of casestudies on Yale University, Microsoft, Société Générale, Delta, and QANTAS Airlines in the … cost-effective for internalizing the two market failures associated with climate change: accounting for both the carbon emissions and the cleantech revenues. Further work and thought, …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locates solar energy production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space … 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” dichotomy … Clean Energy Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Related Programs Clean Energy Finance Forum Related Reports Maximizing Land Use Benefits From …
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… the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are … and c) provide enough background information to allow for the careful selection of cases to explore in full depth. A second stage entails the selection of two to four …
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… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities … model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut Green Bank campus as a case study. It is designed to be easily adapted to analyze other projects. The model uses …
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… turfgrass. However, we hypothesize that information and behavioral failures are currently preventing developers from adopting the practice. Thus, there may be a role for policy to spur … could be even greater if the adjacent crop were highly pollinator-dependent, as is the case for most specialty crops. The added social benefits that pollinator-friendly solar … policy intervention. Governmental research and development funding could help support studies that are underway with a goal of providing more detail on the localized impacts of …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind output profiles and the hourly electricity load … a review was required of the current cost assumptions used in other analyses and recent studies undertaken estimating the future costs of different technologies. Overall, these … a review was required of the current cost assumptions used in other analyses and recent studies undertaken estimating the future costs of different technologies. Overall, these …