… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … energy deployment. A truly clean electricity grid, however, will need 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 for RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energy policies, the shortcomings …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors 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 particular is that, acrosssettings, the issues that preventmarket emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are …
… Should policymakers incentivize electric vehicle (EV) purchases first or invest in charging stations first? … thisso-called chicken-and-egg dilemma and provides recommendations for growing the EV market and increasing investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV markets acrossstates with a focus on New York, which falls in the middle of the 50 states …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit corporations. Greenwashing — a form of marketing that creates a false perception of a company’s environmental sustainability — … driver of climate change: greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. It seems obvious to catalog GHGs from the US’ largest public …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United … assess a realistic contribution from RTTs in achieving Connecticut’s transition to a lesscarbon-intensive economy, and to establish the knowledge necessary for effective policies and strategies to advance RTTs in Connecticut. In addition to thismarket potential study, the project included a field study on RTT market barriers and …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind … technologies. Overall, these datasets and scenarios were used to develop a computer simulation model of electricity investment, for which the methodology can be found on Dr. … and results of this research in the “Renewable Technologies” component of the Energy MarketStrategy course taught at the Yale School of Management. The topics are discussed in …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … given the component failure. These four maintenance strategies include: i) time-based preventative maintenance using visual inspection; ii) scheduled condition-based maintenance … a wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and to quantify the environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint, global warning potential, ozone depletion potential, etc.). Related …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … are integrating sustainability topics, but students are calling on them to go further. The ‘carbon tax on talent’ continues to rise: Now, the majority of businessstudentsstate that …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment is partnering with the Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, United … assess a realistic contribution from RTTs in achieving Connecticut’s transition to a lesscarbon-intensive economy, and to establish the knowledge necessary for effective policies … addition to this field study on barriers and drivers, the project includes an assessment of market potential. 2485 2527 2528 2235 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Feasibility …
… Can Ecosystem Services Valuation Bring Additional Value Streams to Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly … a larger share of U.S. energy needs. Given the climate imperative to transition to a zero-carbon energy mix, accommodating the land use requirements of large-scale solar projects is … real value for a range of stakeholders and yet are currently unmonetized by the traditional market forces that drive solar project development. Without guidance on how to fully account …