… Originally published in Yale Climate and Energy Institute on November 12, 2015. Bob Litterman, former head … and was the last car through as a major artery for New York closed for the next seven hours. For a man who hasspent years trying to alert the financial community to the dangers … theory. Mitigating carbon emissions can be viewed as an investment yielding benefits far into the future, adds Yale economist Tony Smith . “It is like investing in a stock …
… SolarCity has an ambitious mission: to put solar panels on every rooftop in America, Jon … and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and McCluskey Fellow at Yale, moderated the discussion, which was … and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and McCluskey Fellow at Yale, moderated the discussion, which was …
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… A quick scan of sustainability events over this period reveals a series of newsstories, beginning with Silent Spring, that have become household names — the crash of the … had immediate international impacts, their final repercussions were invariably global in nature. For example, in a number of countries (including the United States), the Bhopal … below-living wage salaries, human rights infringements, consumption of constrained resources) all represent costs to society that are not factored into the price of an operation …
… What is hindering the availability of public capital and financing options for distributed solar? … to becoming a major game-changer in the path to unleashing distributed solar finance. “Our mission is to bring the solar industry up to a level where capital markets will say … acting in the way a sophisticated industry behaves,” Rottman said. What Are SEFA’s Resources? The standard residential lease contracts and residential and commercial PPA …
… Originally posted on the Clean Energy Finance Forum Imagine you could design the electricity market in … There are no pre-existing programs to satisfy and no political baggage to consider. Your only guideline is to allow the continued growth of solar power and distributed … utility profits, and calling the regulated-monopoly structure of electricity distribution into question, O’Boyle said. Is Distributed Generation Good for Everyone? For many of the …
… On a night when most of Connecticut fretted about the bleak, snowy forecast, 15 residents of Avon considered a … to see how this relationship works (or doesn’t) in person. On March 4th, I drove the hour up Interstate 91 from New Haven to Avon and slipped into the back row of the library to observe the campaign in action. The workshop had …
… A new in-depth report on the electrical vehicle (EV) market suggests that states interested in boosting EV adoption ratesshould support the purchase of … When the Nissan Leaf dropped its prices in 2013, for instance, a $1,000 drop translated into a 35 percent increase in demand. There was no clear relationship between the density of … rather than direct subsidies. “True scale is only possible with wise policies to encourage network development,” according to Jeffrey Schub, executive director of the Coalition …
… On April 15 th , students, professors from Duke and Yale Universities, and executives from non-profit … events including solar workshops, live-installations for the public and community tours of homes that already had solar. As more people signed up, the price fell further. A … observations and quickly drawn conclusions. The more scientific analysis is yet to come asour team of research assistants goes out to interview town leaders and solar ambassadors and …