… costs of energy storage, their advantages and disadvantages. The importance of the ‘use case’ or ‘application case’ will be explained. One measure (Levelized Cost of Storage) will then be used to … one full charge/discharge cycle every two days The sources of ‘value’ for an energy storage project will be discussed, to illustrate important differences from assessment of generation …
… mechanism to help finance sustainable forest management practices and conservation projects, yet transaction costs and market structure have limited improved forest management carbon offset projects to large scales. In this webinar, Brian Kittler , Director of the Western Regional … at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, will review lessons and insights from a recent project in the Pacific Northwest attempting to overcome transaction costs and scale the …
… an integral role in policy-making. Katie Arkema, senior scientist at the Natural Capital Project, will complete the mini-series with her talk on Valuing Nature: Models of Ecosystem … Capital Project, examining the approaches and research underlying model results. Using the casestudy of Belize’s Coastal Zone Management Plan, Arkema will detail the potential of …
… Gretchen Daily, senior fellow at Stanford University and co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, will begin the mini-series with her talk on Mainstreaming Natural Capital into … overarching mission of NatCap and the tools developed to realize its vision, Daily will showcaseprojects where NatCap’s work has influenced decision-making around the world. The free … overarching mission of NatCap and the tools developed to realize its vision, Daily will showcaseprojects where NatCap’s work has influenced decision-making around the world. The free …
… Coast Enterprises (GCE), a sustainable real estate company focusing on community renewal projects in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Mr. Bradshaw will be speaking about his … highly uncertain environment post-Katrina, while highlighting some of his most important projects to date. Founded in 2007 following Hurricane Katrina, GCE has helped develop … 1,000 housing units and over $150M of property. GCE also specializes in energy efficiency projects for buildings located in the uniquely hot and humid climate of the Gulf Coast. In …
… The Business Case for Protecting US Wetlands Featured speaker George Kelly , Founder of the Environmental Banc and Exchange (EBX), will discuss the business case for restoring our nation’s critical ecosystems through mitigation banking. Using his … of achieving a win-win for the economy and the environment. So, what do Ecosystem Services projects look like? Who are the practitioners involved and what skills are most important in …
… The objective of this project was to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to … forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following … have been useful to students who are a part of ongoing land management and research projects in the Quiet Corner Initiative at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental …
… of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to provide experimental evidence on how best to leverage social … (PP), in which seeds are planted in shallow pits to improve moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In … is in the process of entering, cleaning, and conducting a preliminary analysis of the data. Project Outcomes An additional $50,000 was also received from the World Bank Research …
… interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers … solar installation, is one approach to cultivating additional land use benefits from solar projects. The practice is increasingly common, especially in Minnesota, the first state to … could be even greater if the adjacent crop were highly pollinator-dependent, as is the case for most specialty crops. The added social benefits that pollinator-friendly solar …
… Value Streams to Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly Solar Industry? Overview Siting solar projects is often complicated by land use tensions and trade-offs. At seven acres of land … to a zero-carbon energy mix, accommodating the land use requirements of large-scale solar projects is a critical component of renewable energy policy development. From a land use … solar development has taken root as one such co-location opportunity for solar projects. By planting deep-rooted perennial vegetation in and around solar panels, …