… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the … from the US’ largest public companies and track their goals for reducing them, but after scouring the internet, it became clear that the data is not publicly available in a free, …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance costs to vary over time; and c) a flexible … developed two models: 1) the wind turbine (WT) reliability prediction model and 2) the “Four-Quadrant Component/Subsystem Maintenance Model.” The WT reliability prediction model was …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind output profiles and the hourly electricity load data at more than 1000 geographic locations within the Eastern …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … power generates electricity during the day, but fails to provide energy during the evening hours when demand peaks. The resulting overproduction and waste of renewable energy — and … credit, or VREC, which integrates the time- and location-dependent value of electricity into clean energy subsidies. Overall, we found that a VRPS will: Incentivize renewable …
… y Centroamérica decided to buy the power generated by the Electrica del Valle de México’s (EVM) wind farm, EVM’sstruggling project received a significant boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up … with the resources and expertise to build large-scale projects. Gómez also had to take into account Walmart de México’s capabilities and focus. While the company had made …
… leading developers of solar projects. Trina supplied modules for a number of large, signature projects, developing a strong track record. Now, the company was looking to develop … facility should it build? Another possibility was in further developing B2C channels to tap into the growing market of local contractors and do-it-yourselfers looking to add solar panels to their roofs. Trina had already partnered with …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its … goal—net-zero emissions by 2050—to the level of an organization? This report defines four ways to make a net-zero commitment clear to an organization’sstakeholders: What scope … budget? And does the commitment account for the greenhouse gases the organization has put into the atmosphere in the past? A shared definition of net-zero emissions will add focus to …
… of the UN’sSustainable Development Goals. We hope these results provide insightsinto collaboration models and how businessschools can incorporate SDGsinto their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the … Clean Energy Corporate Sustainability Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Rising Leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals … Rising Leaders …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a … and takeaways from the energy and financial model we developed using Microsoft Excel. Our energy and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut … case study. It is designed to be easily adapted to analyze other projects. The model uses hourly energy demand and generation data as well as battery dispatch logic to calculate bill …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate … of cases to explore in full depth. A second stage entails the selection of two to four well-matched cases (for information on matched comparisonssee George and Bennett, 2004) … that will be matched as comparisons (Delaware and Rhode Island), to begin delving deeper into the processes followed at each state, and to gather rich archival information …