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… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and … power 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 … near high-priced markets. Support a robust, transparent inter-state market while preserving climate change mitigation benefits. Policymakers have recognized the challenges posed by …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for … Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit … environmental sustainability — exacerbates this confusion. To cut through the noise, our team from the Yale School of Management narrowed in on one, universal metric that is the …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically in recent years. Since 2015, the year we published our inaugural report, Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change , an ongoing global pandemic has laid bare societal strains and inequalities … Sustainability, February 2022. Yale University and Global Network for Advanced Management. New Haven, CT: Yale Center for Business and the Environment, Yale Program on Climate Change …
… evidence on how best to leverage social network relationships to improve dissemination of new technologies. Here, the investigator marketed two different agricultural technologies: … uses crop residues to create mulch and/or fertilizer; and 2) Pit Planting (PP), in which seeds are planted in shallow pits to improve moisture retention. The project was designed in … the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the households as well as their farming …
… in different 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 … of cases to explore in full depth. A second stage entails the selection of two to four well-matched cases (for information on matched comparisons see George and Bennett, 2004) … public hearing minutes, public utility commission documents, etc. Project Outcomes This grant has allowed the research team to complete the first stage and make considerable …
… Renewable Thermal Technologies (RTT), especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the … Using information from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), Houston's Climate Action Plan, and our own report on Pathways for Reducing Energy Burdens in Harris County, the Texas Energy …
… 2263 7453 Key Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy on Public Lands … Key Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy on Public Lands … on solutions to build a healthier environment and a stronger, more equitable economy. It is our sincere hope that as a country we will choose to look forward and invest in solutions … on the fossil fuel framework of the past. Along with their harmful impacts on our health, climate, and clean air and water, fossil fuels subject dependent communities to …
… and ESG From Solutions to Scale: Considerations and Insights for Investing in Nascent Climate Technologies … From Solutions to Scale: Considerations and Insights for Investing in Nascent Climate Technologies Executive Summary New technologies can play a critical role in solving the climate crisis during the 21st … often depends on the development of advanced technologies in areas such as renewable resources, energy efficiency and storage, and carbon removal. This report refers to such …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. … developed two models: 1) the wind turbine (WT) reliability prediction model and 2) the “Four-Quadrant Component/Subsystem Maintenance Model.” The WT reliability prediction model was … The interim results of this research were discussed during presentations made at the annual Climate Change Conference held at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom (March …
… to use both 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 … create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the … provided, $230,283, was matched by School Forest activities and teaching and the CBEY seedgrant for ecosystem services research. The investigators have also applied for a grant …