… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to achieve … in renewable energy to design and implement personalized renewable energy systems and perform diligence for specific jurisdictions. The off-grid model presented here is replicable worldwide. …
… 6778 2745 2798 2796 2752 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Maximizing Land Use Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar … … is growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and … 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 …
… This paper seeks to provide a consolidated list of risks that may help to inform investors’ due diligence processes and their understanding of wetland mitigation banking as a real asset, and may serve as a reference for entrepreneurs and regulators who are new to wetland mitigation banking or other more nascent ecosystem services markets featuring similar risks. 2427 2417 Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Navigating …
… used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these goals due to inherent limitations of a market for RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energy policies, the shortcomings of RPSs are becoming more acute. In areas of high solar penetration, for example, solar power generates electricity during the day, but fails to provide energy … of renewable energy — and related symptoms of poor renewable energy integration — call for a dramatic change to clean energy policy development. Our research team proposes a new …
… Aggarwal, Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock … assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s 2016 report—“The State of Private Investment in Conservation” …
… This report explores this so-called chicken-and-egg dilemma and provides recommendations for growing the EV market and increasing investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV … registrations and number of chargers per capita. Our analysis suggests that the best way for policymakers to facilitate the growth of the overall market is to grow electric vehicle … options for supporting a growing EV and EV charging market. 2274 2239 2379 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Financing Electric Vehicle Markets in New …
… aquaculture and regenerative agriculture methods have garnered attention in recent years for their potential to combat climate change, enhance food system resilience, and promote … practices and examples of these approaches at work today, and the opportunity they present for deep and meaningful food systems transformation on land and at sea. Published February … Health Policy and Programs Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting Farmland Sustainable Farmland Investment Strategies … From seaweed farming to oyster cultivation, our …
… outsized expectations, both investors and farmers have struggled to find the right partner for their goals. This issue brief examines the varying definitions of regenerative … the novel methods they employ and ends by considering a few promising approaches for the future. The enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture is fully warranted, but without … Health Policy and Programs Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting Farmland Sustainable Farmland Investment Strategies … There may be no hotter topic in agriculture …
… There is potential for a financial vehicle funded by private investors to provide bridge financing and enable … less destructive practices. However, there are many challenges to this model. 2585 2592 Sustainable Finance and ESG Circularity Gold to Green: Financing Sustainable Mining in Peru … '18) Corey Scult (MBA '18, Master of Environmental Management '18) There is potential for a financial vehicle funded by private investors to provide bridge financing and enable …
… a product provides to you, does it matter to you whether many others also use that product? For many products, the answer is yes. This simple idea that there are additional benefits … importance of network effects in settings where the services provided are based on a platform, with a focus on electricity. We discuss several classic examples of network effects that are especially useful for clarifying how and when network effects benefit customers. These examples are used to …