… solar installations. [1] In 2011, the Connecticut legislature mandated that the Connecticut Green Bank fund projects to produce at least 30 MW of solar by the end of 2022. By 2015, the … years ahead of schedule. [2] But why? Why do people decide to install solar? Over the last four years, Yale’s Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS)* team has interviewed … Why do some communities install solar at much higher rates than others? SEEDS found that, for instance, middle-income families installed solar more frequently than low-income …
… New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Connecticut Green Bank, the RTA is looking to expand this initiative to include regional governments, … is used for heating and cooling purposes. As a result, heating and cooling is both a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and, through the installation of renewable technologies … that end, leveraging private capital, securitization, and the potential for issuing GreenBonds is essential for bringing deployment to scale. John B. Rhodes, President and CEO, …
… Powerhouse, a seed stage venture founded by SOM student Katrina Barlow , will offer affordable home batteries and innovative software that allows consumers to measure the price … battery during the evenings with the grid power is more likely to draw from fossil fuel sources. “This gives you a low-cost, clean source of energy whenever the grid turns ‘dirty,’” she said. “This is giving information to …
… a small niche in Connecticut—and in the U.S. at large. A new Yale-led study analyzes the market potential of this technology across the state and provides key insights into spurring … demand, combined with the energy used to heat water, account for 30 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Switching from conventional fossil fuel providers of thermal … electricity, but holds an enormous reservoir of possibility for utilizing local resources to off-set fossil fuels. Like renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they … sites. The venture made good use of the boutique at the time Yale entrepreneurial resources. The Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant and the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute Summer … very big and well established industries. Competing with corporations that have solid market penetration could be an insurmountable hindrance for small businesses” shares David. …
… Sabin Stories introduce you to former finalists and winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize … on their time as student entrepreneurs at Yale. “The Sabin Prize gave us a year to test our ideas ” shares Max Webster, YC’ 12, co-founder of Weave and a winner of the Sabin … three biggest barriers to adoption of solar and efficiency in the fragmented residential markets: awareness, credibility, and complexity. The platform they built worked with solar …
… and successful execution of the carbon fee. How It All Began “The carbon fee is essentially our own corporate carbon tax, and it is putting us on a path to a net-zero-emissions world,” … to Date Since it began, Microsoft’s carbon fee has eliminated 9.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, fostered a corporate culture of sustainability, led to 14 billion … emissions from customers’ use of its cloud services, helping to expand the renewable energy market worldwide, and supporting public policies that encourage renewable energy …
… project that involved twenty campus buildings and tested the design and implementation of four different carbon-pricing schemes. In the webinar, representatives from Yale shared the … space. The alignment with Yale’s core educational mission also helped generate support for the carbon charge. “At Yale, even skeptics of the carbon charge want to see our … to find new language to describe revenue-neutrality,” said Polak. Yale’s carbon price was set at the level of the social cost of carbon, or $40/ton of CO2-equivalent. While there …
… Connecticut is one of several New England states that hold lofty ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Achieving this low-carbon future will require, among … valuable emission reduction tool, represent mature technologies in an immature New England market; presently, the market is typified by high upfront costs, lack of customer awareness … heating to the widespread use of biomass in Sweden and district heating in Denmark. Energy sources vary, too: Norway produces 99 percent of its electricity from hydro, Sweden 50 …
… Electricity production, though, is only one part of the energy system where renewable sources bring value and environmental benefits. Buildings’ demand for heating and cooling—a … and a more reliable energy future. In Connecticut, under Governor Malloy’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050, the Feasibility of Renewable Thermal Technologies (FORTT) … quantifying the technical and economic potential of renewable thermal while investigating market mechanisms that can streamline investments. (FORTT is based at the Yale Center for …