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ENGIE’s Gavin Meinschein on the Company’s Foray Into Pollinator-Friendly Solar

Katie Siegner
January 21, 2020
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Given the promising value proposition of pollinator-friendly solar, several states have passed voluntary standards to encourage the practice, and a number of developers have committed to pollinator-friendly projects for all or part of their portfolios. Illinois-based ENGIE Distributed Solar is one such developer. In this interview. Gavin Meinschein, ENGIE’s lead...
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Capturing the Private and Public Benefits of Pollinator-Friendly Solar

Katie Siegner, Whitney Mann, Scott Wentzell, Maria Urrutia , Hallie Kennan
December 11, 2019
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Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers throughout a solar installation, is one approach to cultivating additional land use benefits from solar projects. In two new Yale Center for Business and the Environment white papers, we explore the potential of this emerging practice.
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Strategic Electrification: A Potential Pathway for Load Growth and Decarbonization

Jesse Laniak
May 01, 2019
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What is strategic electrification? Why is it an important topic for clean energy stakeholders and how can they capitalize on this trend? In this interview, William Tokash, a senior analyst for Navigant Research, provides some insights into his recent publication on the concept, and its future path of growth and...
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What Will It Take to Catalyze the Energy Transition?

Kat Friedrich
February 12, 2019
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Vastly higher clean energy targets are essential to empower the international community to make the leap to a sustainable future, according to Richard Heinberg, coauthor of “Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy.” In this interview, he delves into the practical challenges involved in the...
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US Developers Still See a Future for Renewable Energy PPAs

Carlos Ibarra
February 12, 2019
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Developers in the United States believe that there is still room to maintain an adequate level of return for their power-purchase agreements (PPAs). Electricity prices in recent years have plummeted both for PPAs and in the wholesale market. Even so, developers believe that they can benefit from the expected decrease...
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Unions Partner with Entrepreneurs for a Just Energy Transition

Jordan Cozby
January 14, 2019
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“There are no jobs on a dead planet,” said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. Burrow is vice-chair of The B Team, a coalition of business and civil society leaders that was founded by Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz. In an attempt to address the dual...
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Shining a Light on the Underground Energy-Water Nexus

Kat Friedrich
December 18, 2018
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Why hasn’t saving water as a way of saving energy had its day in the sun yet in the United States? At Horizon18 in Boston on Oct. 11, speakers at the session “Smart Water Solutions and the Energy-Water Nexus” reflected on the sparkle of hope that they believed these solutions...
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The Role of Community Microgrid Champions

Sara Harari, Nate Grady
December 18, 2018
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Community microgrids can be initiated by a wide range of individuals or organizations. They include mayors and utilities. They also may include “anchor” off-takers like hospital management, development companies, or community organizations. But to succeed, they require that at least one person really take the lead and energize the project.

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