… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable energy generation, have made significant contributions to renewable energy deployment. A truly clean electricity grid, however, will need to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day and year, and …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locates solar energy production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space … or conservation, energy or rural economies. But with thoughtful planning, communities can simultaneously expand and strengthen solar infrastructure while conserving farmland, … is written for a broad audience, also examines how communities, solar developers, local leaders, and policymakers can effectively promote, support, and regulate agrivoltaic …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit … optimize cost and reliability. Key Points Large commercial and small industrial operations can utilize 100% renewable hybrid configurations to self-generate clean power while …
… (RTT), especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the potential to dramatically decrease energy consumption and by extension energy emissions. Using information from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), … how much would be required under the proposed heat pump paradigm. We found that heat pumps can reduce total residential energy usage by up to 54%, reduce residential emissions by up …
… Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’s struggling project received a significant boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind … 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 … by 12% in 2012 alone. All told, the efforts of Walmart de México had made it the world’s leading retailer in the area of sustainability – a distinction the company hoped to build …
… 2263 7453 Key Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy on Public Lands … Key Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy on Public Lands Nikki … with the global community confronting this crisis. While the attention of political leaders and news reporters will rightly remain occupied by this health and economic crisis … lands, the importance of pursuing responsible development, and the most important steps we can take to grow benefits to our economy and environment. By making this information …
… Infrastructure Bank (RIIB), a quasi-public state entity, sought to bring much-needed clean-energy finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the … across 17 projects in 6 municipalities. It accomplished this by publicizing a widely-distributed RFP. All of these projects are net cash flow-positive, meaning they generate … over a year of operation, the EBF has yielded action recommendations that decision makers can use to refine and iterate the program. The EBF is an innovative structure to lower …
… financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities … to developers and investors interested in constructing resilient infrastructure that can provide essential 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 …
… in recent years. Since 2015, the year we published our inaugural report, Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change , an ongoing global pandemic has … Change Communication , our key findings include: Business students believe corporate leaders should be solving environmental and social issues—but they perceive the most serious … of stakeholders, including organizations, vulnerable communities, and the environment. -Ingrid C. Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean; Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at Yale School of …
… the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that … environmental, political, and/or economic reasons—is considerable; and yet, there is significant variance in the strategies followed to create a market and the success of these … and market creation, business-government relations, non-market strategy, and renewable energy. The grant provided the researchers leverage to raise an additional $5,000 from a …