… and was the last car through as a major artery for New York closed for the next seven hours. For a man who has spent years trying to alert the financial community to the dangers … will compete to present the best strategy for a hypothetical corporation redeploying investments in light of global warming. First prize in the competition is $10,000 and a bye … Meanwhile, General Circulation Models (GCMs), the principal tool of climate scientists, can predict precipitation, winds, and humidity at increasingly finer resolution, but rely on …
… and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and McCluskey Fellow at Yale, moderated the discussion, which was … and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and McCluskey Fellow at Yale, moderated the discussion, which was …
… Applications are due by Dec. 10. For facility-scale installations, the amount of the source energy that must be displaced is 20 percent – and for renewable energy and/or combined … for local energy reliability. Native communities “spend a lot of time trying to obtain resources,” said William Smith, an anthropology professor from the University of Nevada, Las … There are two thermoelectric power plants on the reservation. These plants require cooling water from Lake Powell and the San Juan River. And their watersupply and temperature can be …
… Winterkorn , resigned. And yet there are reasons to believe that the fallout from this scandal will be as big as Enron , or even bigger. Most corporate scandals stem from negligence or the failure to come clean about corporate wrongdoing. Far … EDT Online Related News SOM, FES to collaborate on Global Network projects Global Network Courses: Building a Toolkit for Global Teams … David Bach … It has only been a week since the …
… A quick scan of sustainability events over this period reveals a series of news stories, beginning with Silent Spring, that have become household names — the crash of the … below-living wage salaries, human rights infringements, consumption of constrained resources) all represent costs to society that are not factored into the price of an operation … availability of technology, and just as climate change will impact weather, coastlines and water scarcity around the world. Sustainability challenges also carry the potential for …
… to becoming a major game-changer in the path to unleashing distributed solar finance. “Our mission is to bring the solar industry up to a level where capital markets will say … said the association was formed to “harness the goodwill generated in SAPC” and facilitate private-sector growth as a membership organization in a way that a public entity like NREL … access to financing from capital markets could help to sustain the solar industry when the investment tax credit (ITC) drops from 30 percent to 10 percent the end of 2016. An …
… There are no pre-existing programs to satisfy and no political baggage to consider. Your only guideline is to allow the continued growth of solar power and distributed … launched in 2014, sought to encourage constructive conversations about distributed energy resources by soliciting energy market designs for a hypothetical state. Of the 13 proposals, … Can States Take? Real-time energy pricing, comprehensive assessments of the social and private costs of electricity, market transformation from regulated monopoly to free-market …
… to see how this relationship works (or doesn’t) in person. On March 4th, I drove the hour up Interstate 91 from New Haven to Avon and slipped into the back row of the library to … solar ambassador for the Avon Solarize campaign. He has outfitted his home with a solar hot water and geothermal heating system and he serves on the town’s clean energy committee. Joel … of cleaning. If a homeowner wanted the panels cleaned nonetheless, there are likely local resources available. Barbara stressed that the last thing she wants is for owners to be …
… the purchase of cars before investing in charging stations. With more EVs on the road, the private market will build infrastructure. For EV supporters, this has long been a … rather than direct subsidies. “True scale is only possible with wise policies to encourage network development,” according to Jeffrey Schub, executive director of the Coalition for Green Capital , who helped develop the report. “But if policymakers can get this right, the growth potential is huge, as more consumers recognize the economic …
… events including solar workshops, live-installations for the public and community tours of homes that already had solar. As more people signed up, the price fell further. A … an active role in selecting and interacting with the solar installers. As a result of this investment of time and energy, the town leaders and ambassadors had comfort and familiarity … of solar have been contracted across the state since Solarize began—an undeniably significant figure. As a third year joint-degree student here at Yale, I’m about to graduate and …