… named Sealed signed a $5-million loan-financing agreement as a way to broaden the market for home energy-efficiency upgrades. In New York State, those upgrades face two key barriers … adoption. The first barrier is that a whole-home upgrade is a high out-of-pocket investment for a homeowner. Homeowners who make upgrades often have to pay cash outright or take out … use energy savings in their underwriting criteria. So the cost per project can be too low for significant resources to be dedicated to vetting each one. Plus, the methods of …
… founding partner of Blue Wolf Capital Management in New York. “What we’re looking for is something that has a solid business at its core, but that has enough other extraneous … that was used to create high-quality paper products. The mill had been run as a cost center for various public companies, and it had not made money in 40 years. In 2008 it was owned by … was looking to divest itself of all pulp and timber operations, and it had put the mill up for sale. Due diligence suggested that the mill had a good core business. The mill also …
… 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a software platform named the Wildlife Management Analytics system or WMA, were looking for a way to market … 2017, Conservation International (CI) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which had collaborated on building a software platform named the Wildlife Management Analytics system or WMA, were …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to achieve … in renewable energy to design and implement personalized renewable energy systems and perform diligence for specific jurisdictions. The off-grid model presented here is replicable worldwide. …
… across five continents. But many investors believed these first years were just a warm-up for what was to come (the company’s market capitalization had doubled since its IPO in … had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s international presence. While Suzlon pursued wind farm projects in … had skyrocketed. With little more than a cell phone and the internet, Pedersen set to work building Suzlon’s international presence. While Suzlon pursued wind farm projects in …
… Before the federal government discontinued the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Qualified Energy Conservation Bond (QECB) program in 2017 as part of its tax reform package, states like Virginia leveraged this program to accomplish energy efficiency … (GCPs) relative to traditional QECBs and “qualified” projects. GCPs can issue bonds for any mix of public and/or private projects. In contrast, under the traditional …
… 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 … Solar Home Renewable Energy Credit (SHREC). The SHREC provides a stable funding structure for an expanded RSIP. The design of the RSIP was more effective than it was set out to do. … its goals eight years ahead of schedule and far below the anticipated budget. And therefore, one of Governor Malloy’s gubernatorial campaign promises in 2015 was to increase the …
… To double investment in clean research and development (R&D) to $1.5 billion by 2010; To increase revenues from ecomagination products to $20 billion by 2010; To reduce the … GE's operations and improve energy efficiency its facilities by 2012; To keep the public informed about ecomagination targets, progress and results. Along with the four commitments … and devised a set of standards under which current and future products would be considered for inclusion in the ecomagination brand. In his public remarks during and after the …
… a product provides to you, does it matter to you whether many others also use that product? For many products, the answer is yes. This simple idea that there are additional benefits … importance of network effects in settings where the services provided are based on a platform, with a focus on electricity. We discuss several classic examples of network effects that are especially useful for clarifying how and when network effects benefit customers. These examples are used to …
… For the world to meet the Paris Agreement goals, every company and organization should take responsibility for its emissions. But how do we translate an ambitious global goal—net-zero emissions by … tied to the Paris Agreement’s global carbon budget? And does the commitment account for the greenhouse gases the organization has put into the atmosphere in the past? A shared …