… settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that prevent market emergence arerelatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are … public utility commission documents, etc. Project Outcomes This grant has allowed the research team to complete the first stage and make considerable progress in the second stage …
… the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking … planning and conservation workshop (5/08/2013) Use and Applications The results of this research 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 …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of … given the component failure. These four maintenance strategies include: i) time-based preventative maintenance using visual inspection; ii) scheduled condition-based maintenance …
… 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. This simple idea that there are additional benefits to you if everyone else is using the same product is often called …
… This report examines how coastal cities in the region are engaging with offshore wind companies to promote local economic development and jobs in their community. What kinds of planning and policy levers can city leaders pull to attract offshore wind industry players? How are developers and manufacturers responding? What other actors are involved in this process, and what community engagement is taking …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and … 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 related … energy integration — call for a dramatic change to clean energy policy development. Our research team proposes a new policy framework called the value-based renewable portfolio …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. The investigators found that consumers tend to infer … collected for the resubmission of the publication, and the investigators hope to continue research surrounding consumers’ views of green products. Photo from Tobias von der … Tobias von der Haar/flickr Research Paper Newman, G.E., M. Gorlin, and R. Dhar . 2014. When going “green” backfires: How firm intentions shape the evaluation of environmental …
… laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … serious issues to be elsewhere, no matter where they live in the world Business students expect sustainability to be threaded throughout corporations’ highest priorities—not treated … Global Initiatives at Yale School of Management Affiliates Matthew H. Goldberg Associate Research Scientist at Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Affiliates Heather …
… Summary As utility-scale solar development expands throughout the United States, with an expected land footprint of 3 million acres by 2030,1 there is growing interest across … the first state to adopt a voluntary pollinator-friendly solar standard. However, research has yet to produce a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis that assesses both private … turfgrass. However, we hypothesize that information and behavioral failures are currently preventing developers from adopting the practice. Thus, there may be a role for policy to spur …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner … can replicate these best practices in system modeling, power cost modeling, supply research, legal diligence, and grant aid research. Clean Energy Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions The Producer …