… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … that corporate sustainability is imperative, identifying best practices and which companiesare ‘walking the walk’ can be challenging. Corporate metrics, certifications, and coalitions … 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 …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate … wind in particular is that, acrosssettings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groupsaresimilar and stable; … 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) …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits … 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 developed using ReliaSoft BlockSim-7 simulation software package. The reliability model contains the major WT components including the …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable … RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energy policies, the shortcomings of RPSsare becoming more acute. In areas of high solar penetration, for example, solar 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 …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind … different costs of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the policies can then be compared on the basis of their costs, including GHG emissions costs. Thisstage of the project …
… This global study measures awareness and engagement of the UN’sSustainable Development Goals. We hope these results provide insights into collaboration models and how businessschools can incorporate SDGs into their discourse and curriculum, creating change and leading toward peace and prosperity for the …
… When considering the benefits a product provides to you, does it matter to you whether many others … also use that product? For many products, the answer is yes. Thissimple idea that there are additional benefits to you if everyone else is using the same product is often called a network effect because as more people are ‘connected’ to the network, the benefits increase. More precisely, anytime there is a …
… 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 … the commitment proportional to the organization’s global contribution to climate change? Are offsetting investments tied to the Paris Agreement’s global carbon budget? And does the …
… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHsare physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to … 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 …
… Should policymakers incentivize electric vehicle (EV) purchases first or invest in charging … 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 … in terms of EVs as a percentage of new car registrations and number of chargers per capita. Our analysissuggests that the best way for policymakers to facilitate the growth of the …