… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power to India's poor. For the work of his company, Hande has received numerous recognitions; he is frequently cited as one of the top social entrepreneurs in India and an example for the entire developing world. The road … service photovoltaic (PV) systems in his home state of Karnataka, India. During its initial years of operation, the company expanded deliberately as it gained capital and experience. …
… the end of 2007, the company was the market leader in Asia and had completed projects in fourteen countries across five continents. But many investors believed these first years were … line and would allow Suzlon to enter the off-shore wind farm market that appeared ready to take-off. At the beginning of 2008, Suzlon was set to double its manufacturing capacity by … fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, but had designs on moving into the top three. Pedersen, therefore, was faced with the challenge of finding additional markets …
… company designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced diesel and natural gas engines, for transportation, construction, and power generation. In addition to the engines, it … pollution from diesel engines of all sizes. From its origins in a small Indiana town 100 years earlier, Cummins had prided itself on value-driven ethical standards. It operated … Code of Conduct, all based on the company’s Vision Statement: "Making people's lives better by unleashing the power of Cummins." Cummins had driven its success on its ability to …
… on Climate Change (GC3), a group charged with creating a comprehensive climate strategy for the State of Connecticut. As of September 2016, Garcia remained undecided about a key … The GC3 had been tasked to develop interim statewide greenhouse gas reduction targets foryears between 2020 and 2050 and identify short- and long-term statewide strategies to … quasi-state agencies, business, and nonprofits. The GC3 recommendations would have to take into account Connecticut’s changing energy profile. Between 1996 and 2015, natural gas …
… The Yale Farm was founded in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls serve more organic food. With support from the … and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move toward more organic and locally grown food sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). … Food Project. They obtained financial and operational support from the university, transformed a neglected acre of land on the north side of the campus into a large garden, and …
… oil company PEMEX had to find ways to implement this policy. Nevertheless, in spite of efforts by various government agencies as well as PEMEX, by mid-2014 no ethanol had been … could help extend the country’s supply of crude oil. The country's demand for gasoline was growing, but the production of crude oil from the country's shallow-water wells in the Gulf … seemed a logical choice. Mexico already had commercial production of sugar, and in recent years had seen a surplus. Many sugar mills in Mexico already had the ability to distill …
… for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take decades for these buildings to be replaced, the rigorous standards developed in recent years for new buildings … both the investment cost for energy-efficiency upgrades and the subsequent cost savings. Source Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and …
… to the greenhouse effect was underway and could have potentially devastating consequences for the ecology of the planet. Since automobiles were a substantial contributor of CO2 to … engines (ICE) and to seek an alternative powertrain that did not use fossil fuels. For GM, the search for a new powertrain required a substantial change in mindset, since the ICE had been a mainstay of the automotive industry for over 80 years. Nonetheless over the next decade, GM spent billions of dollars experimenting and …
… yet powerful energy-efficiency-financing product. To date, the program has performed much better than expected. Average realized savings have been on the order of 50% of the average … Addressing socioeconomic and skills issues in the area is a high priority for local stakeholders. The program has been successfully resolving the issues related to information technology, skills development, staff availability, and resource access that it faced initially. Its approach has included on-the-job training for …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it has supported the design and adoption of legislation that expanded … renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being predominantly met with out-of-state resources from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, yielding little economic development benefits … of RSIP through creation of the SHREC. This bill passed with support from a range of stakeholders including the leadership of the Governor of Connecticut and, in general, …