… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’s struggling … meet ambitious goals, looking to reduce waste in its and its suppliers' operations. In the energy area, the company was hoping to receive 50% of its energy from renewable sources by … the transmission rates for renewable energy and had constructed a few projects of its own. However, there were no special feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy and only a few tax …
… Garcia is a member of the Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State of Connecticut. As of September 2016, Garcia remained undecided about a key element of that strategy – nuclear power plants. There were strong proponents and opponents of nuclear energy on the GC3 and Garcia was weighing each side’s arguments before announcing his own …
… movement." The Green Bank used financial structuring to attract private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan … 2017, nearly 90% of the Connecticut Green Bank's operating funds came from public sources. How then could the Green Bank, whose mission rested on building trust, both insulate itself … impact their mission to accelerate private investment in clean energy, create Connecticut jobs, promote energy security, and address climate change. Further, changes to funding, …
… At the 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 … Europe. However, Trina lagged behind some of its Chinese rivals, such as Yingli and Suntech Power, in supplying modules to the United States. Gao had targeted the U.S. market in 2010, … between China and the United States and the relationship of the two countries’ currencies, creating risk for any company that paid its workers in renminbi but booked its sales in …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first three-and-a-half years on the … in 1995 to avoid having to rely on India’s notoriously unpredictable and expensive electric power grid to power his family’s textile operations. After commissioning two wind turbines, Tanti …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power to India's poor. For the work of his company, Hande has received numerous … in India and an example for the entire developing world. The road to SELCO’s success, however, has not always been smooth. Hande cofounded SELCO (with Neville Williams) in 1995 … the solar equipment and sometimes this meant restructuring activities so that solar energy could power a client’s needs. From his field research, Hande realized early in …
… growers to continue their livelihoods, but also helped stabilize the region's food supply. However, many small landholders were priced out of the market for crop insurance. Unlike the … to increase the frequency of major events, but it would take years for the changes to show up in actuarial models. Nonetheless, Santam was preparing for the effect of climate … policyholders. Santam was also taking a deep look at the strategy of climate resilience and how it might build its crop insurance business in the rest of Africa. The company faced …
… and serviced diesel and natural gas engines, for transportation, construction, and power generation. In addition to the engines, it manufactured components, including filters, … systems of other manufacturers. The components and engines were all designed to increase power, improve efficiency, and reduce pollution from diesel engines of all sizes. From its … might be in order. The questions facing Chapman came down to the company’s core values: How could Cummins’ stance as a leader in meeting air quality standards mesh with the complex …
… begin work with city officials in two Indian cities, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, to build 120 community toilets in city slums by February 2013. Furthermore, the project team hoped to … to create a model that could be used by other communities, completing the research in 2014. However by the late fall of 2013, not a single community toilet had its plans approved, much less built. Various partners believed that the …
… to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines (ICE) and to seek an alternative powertrain that did not use fossil fuels. For GM, the search for a new powertrain required a substantial change in mindset, since the ICE had been a mainstay of … Accords because the climate agreement exempted developing nations such as China and India. However, GM did agree that global warming was “an area of concern,” and the company was …