… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is announcing a very generous and transformative donation from the Emmett Foundation to support its mission of developing leaders who are … its work on innovation and entrepreneurship, CBEY has established itself as a leading resource on clean energy finance. The new gift will expand this work in two ways. First, CBEY, …
… arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of renewable energy, electricity from renewable sources is cheaper than from conventional sources, but it is not available all the time. If … Program, which hassince evolved into the CITY Accelerator . “I probably would not have done PowerHouse if I didn’t getthe firstthousand-dollar grantto guide me through the … started a company!” 2621 Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Sabin Stories: PowerHouse … Apr 10, 2018 Sabin Stories: PowerHouse Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of …
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… If you’ve ever considered installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve probably asked two basic questions: How much does … other stakeholders have called for its revision or replacement. NEM programs, they argue, don’t reflectthe true costs of solar customers who rely on the grid for a portion of their …
… Headquartered in Mumbai, the Mahindra Group is a $17.8 billion federation of companieswith a … the processthat led to the adoption of a carbon price, lessons learned, and nextsteps. Thistook place as part of the “ Internal Carbon Pricing: Practical Experiences from the … operations; and Anirban Ghosh, chief sustainability officer. A Sustainability Journey At an investor meeting in 2008, the issue of triple bottom line was raised, prompting …