… When Walmart de México y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica … in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up financing. With Walmart de México’s 15-year PPA (Power … 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 …
… operation – they have minor contact with the roasters or customers and no knowledge of how their crops get translated into the cup. This disadvantages not only the grower but also the consumer – coffee sourced from good quality beans is hard … in the coffee market was already starting. (The first wave is said to have occurred when Maxwell House and Folgers made coffee a mass commodity, the second wave when Starbucks …
… to be replaced, the rigorous standards developed in recent years for new buildings do not address much of the existing carbon emissions. In the face of the long replacement time, … in a way that incentivizes owner investment. Financial institutions are reluctant to lend when any claim that they might make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental …
… to do, but Gentry admitted that there was very little consensus among the new group about how to respond. This was not the first time Farrington had received such a call. Commonfund managed the assets of … exposure to carbon, what would be the most meaningful measure of carbon intensity? When it came to public investments, would screening, weighting or forms of impact investing …
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… the book that every vice president threw in the trash because he would be embarrassed to show it to a partner.” In 2008, this was the investment strategy of Adam Blumenthal, … has enough other extraneous problems that most people at a private equity fund decide it’s not worth doing,” he said. In particular, Blumenthal was looking to invest in companies that … and government. In early 2008, as the economy was entering a recession, a colleague at another firm asked Blumenthal to consider investing in a paper mill in Nova Scotia. The mill, …
… 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 … the group. In late 2013, the project faced major concerns about how to move forward and whether the project could be brought to completion. Finding a path forward would require …
… efforts by various government agencies as well as PEMEX, by mid-2014 no ethanol had been incorporated into Mexico's gasoline supply. As Mexican policy makers looked at the country's … shallow-water wells in the Gulf of Mexico was decreasing and its deep-water reserves had not yet been developed. Second, ethanol could help Mexico meet its ambitious goals … ethanol and could expand to produce ethanol for fuel as well as for rum. Ethanol had become a major gasoline component in other countries. In the United States, ethanol from …
… 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 … more sustainable funding model? The bank’s management team needed to carefully consider how different funding structures would impact their mission to accelerate private investment … could all affect the "inclusive prosperity" goals that the executive team held dear. How could a sustainable model still serve all Connecticut residents, including distressed …
… professional network, and deepen your impact Learn more about our participants Discover how policy can shape a clean energy economy Yale's unique program marries academic rigor … capacity additions will grow faster than ever in the next five years. Yet we are still not on track to meet our global goals. The history of clean energy shows that talented … To tackle challenges, all must come together to design solutions that distribute costs and benefits equitably and build a clean energy future at a faster rate than thought possible. …