… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member … that strategy – nuclear power plants. There were strong proponents and opponents of nuclear energy on the GC3 and Garcia was weighing each side’s arguments before announcing his own … nonprofits. The GC3 recommendations would have to take into account Connecticut’s changing energy profile. Between 1996 and 2015, natural gas largely replaced the dirtier fossil fuels …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond … of its tax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energyefficiency goals. When evaluating how to use Virginia’s QECB allocation, decision makers …
… Suzlon, an India-based wind energy company, had made quite a splash in its first three-and-a-half years on the … company’s market capitalization had doubled since its IPO in 2005). Global demand for wind energy remained strong and Suzlon had added significant capacity. Indian textile …
… Harish Hande and the company he founded, SELCO, provide solar electricity for lighting and power … the solar equipment and sometimes this meant restructuring activitiesso that solar energy could power a client’s needs. From his field research, Hande realized early in … design, financing, and service was time-consuming and costly. The company had provided energysolutions for over 100,000 households in its fifteen years of existence, allowing …
… As the Connecticut Green Bank works to design high-impact programs for the solar market, it … the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP) by creating the Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC). The SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded RSIP. … promises in 2015 was to increase the RSIP tenfold. Meanwhile, the reliance on renewable-energy credits (RECs) to satisfy the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) was being …
… In the early 2000s, the Federal government of Mexico enacted a series of laws promoting the use of … into Mexico's gasoline supply. As Mexican policy makers looked at the country'senergysupply, they expected that substituting bioethanol for some portion of gasoline fuel … struggling agricultural sector. Finally, PEMEX would soon face competition due to new energy reforms that promised to introduce private sector competition to PEMEX, including at …
… On February 23, 2007, your investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director of … will be flying to San Francisco for a negotiating session with the private equity firmsseeking to acquire Texas electrical utility TXU, and he needs your immediate feedback. The … that EDF should accept from KKR & TPG in order to give its blessing to the deal? Clean Energy Environmental Defense - TXU … Environmental Defense - TXU On February 23, 2007, your …
… In the early 2000s, the CEO of General Electric (GE), Jeff Immelt, recognized this emerging pattern in public … the volume and intensity of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from GE's operations and improve energyefficiency its facilities by 2012; To keep the public informed about ecomagination targets, …
… In early 2014 Alcoa announced that Ford's F-150 pick-up trucks, the best-selling vehicles in the U.S., would use aluminum1 rather than sheet steel in the … per gallon. For example, the F-150'sswitch to aluminum for 2015 was a major part of the savings of 700 pounds in vehicle weight compared to the 2014 model But even with the …
… Palm oil is everywhere. Not only is it in the news, it is also an ingredient in roughly half of the products we buy. However, … on her country to stop eating Nutella to avoid palm oil, she inadvertently highlighted the hidden role it plays in the global economy. And, as firesset to clear land for palm oil …