… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind output profiles and the hourly electricity load data at more than 1000 geographic … United States for the years 2004-2006. This data was compiled by a joint-degree master’s student to help create a set of scenarios of future capital and variable costs associated … be found on Dr. Campbell’s web site. The final objective of the project was to simulate the impacts that different policy scenarios (e.g., direct subsidies, taxes, renewable portfolio …
… developed two models: 1) the wind turbine (WT) reliability prediction model and 2) the “Four-Quadrant Component/Subsystem Maintenance Model.” The WT reliability prediction model was … failure rates that were compiled from the literature review phase of this research. The “Four-Quadrant Component/Subsystem Maintenance Model” was developed to analyze different WT … allowed the investigators to propose a methodology for performing a wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and to quantify the environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint, global …
… on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct responsibility for their impact on climate change. While many corporations, investors, regulators, and consumers … 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 … from the US’ largest public companies and track their goals for reducing them, but after scouring the internet, it became clear that the data is not publicly available in a free, …
… community services–even during disruptions to the electrical grid. As a group of master’s students at the Yale School of the Environment, we have identified significant potential for … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut … and communities located near energy-extractive industries. These bonuses significantly expand the opportunity for financially viable energy resilience projects in these …
… end of 2010, Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s founder and chairman, wondered how his company could expand its presence in the United States market. In the previous five years, Trina, a … developing B2C channels to tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panels to their roofs. Trina had already partnered with … States? These strategic questions had to be answered in an environment with two major sources of uncertainty. First, there were considerable political risks. The U.S.-China trade …
… 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 … energy integration — call for a dramatic change to clean energy policy development. Our research team proposes a new policy framework called the value-based renewable portfolio … of storage investments by valuing the time-dependent characteristics of electricity. Encourage renewable energy siting near high-priced markets. Support a robust, transparent …
… boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up … In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015, even in a period of rapid growth, increasing its square footage in Mexico by … a portfolio of projects or just concentrate on one technology? How could Walmart de México expand the program outside of Mexico to the other central American countries in which it …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has supported the design and adoption of legislation that expanded the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home … renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being predominantly met with out-of-state resources from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, yielding little economic development benefits …
… goal—net-zero emissions by 2050—to the level of an organization? This report defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’s stakeholders: What scope … the world’s climate crisis response. We invite you to rea d the report and to share how your organization defines and approaches net-zero via this survey: bit.ly/DefineNetZero . … Group Resident Fellow at Yale Center for Business and the Environment Business Leaders, CBEY Fellows, Faculty Casey R. Pickett Director of the Carbon Charge at Yale University MBA …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director … the private equity firms seeking to acquire Texas electrical utility TXU, and he needs your immediate feedback. The private equity firms want two environmental groups - … want EDF's and NRDC's blessing for the deal. After talking with Marston, you agree that your report will cover three general areas: What is the economic value of EDF's blessing to …