… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and … to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day and year, and everywhere electricity is used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these goals due to inherent limitations of a market … they have proposed modifications to RPS markets, such as geographic limitations and time-of-use multipliers, to deliver meaningful environmental outcomes. These proposals tend to …
… operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable energy blends complementary landuses and eliminates the false “food or energy” …
… 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 … ethnographic interviews were conducted (some on-site in different states of NewEngland) with representatives of each of the relevant stakeholder groups including … and the analytical process in two academic conferences, where the work was well received. Use and Applicatons The identification of the case through this study has certainly informed …
… Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Maximizing LandUse Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar … Maximizing LandUse Benefits From Utility-Scale … may be a role for policy to spur the incorporation of pollinator-friendly practices in future solar development. That role becomes clearer when we evaluate the social benefits …
… data was compiled by a joint-degree master’s student to help create a set of scenarios of future capital and variable costs associated with different electricity generating … To create these scenarios, a review was required of the current cost assumptions used in other analyses and recent studies undertaken estimating the future costs of … to simulate the impacts that different policy scenarios (e.g., direct subsidies, taxes, renewable portfolio standards) will have on the cost scenarios developed in stage two. This …
… and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … Mobilizing Finance for Land … Solar Industry? Overview Siting solar projects is often complicated by landuse tensions and trade-offs. At seven acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, … provide a host of ecosystem services, including habitat for wild insect pollinators, groundwater recharge, reduced erosion, soil carbon sequestration and improved crop yields from the …
… unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human … the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit …
… investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV markets across states with a focus on NewYork, which falls in the middle of the 50 states in terms of EVs as a percentage of new car registrations and number of chargers per capita. Our analysis suggests that the best …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner … reliability. Key Points Large commercial and small industrial operations can utilize 100% renewable hybrid configurations to self-generate clean power while maintaining reliability. … aid research. Authors Yale TPP Student Team (from left to right): Ayush Acharya 1 , Joe Boland 2 , Caroline Heilbrun 1 , Helena Lam 1 , Steve Yannacone 1 1 Yale School of the …
… where might these communities be in 20 years, as offshore wind development opens new economic doors and its ripple effects expand? This report addresses these questions by investigating approaches underway in New Bedford, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and New London, Connecticut. Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG The Onshore …