Meet our FDCE participants, alumni and staff. And join the conversation.
Meet our FDCE participants, alumni and staff. And join the conversation.
News focused exclusively on financing for
energy efficiency and renewable energy
On clean energy, we all need to learn years’ worth of expertise in a short time. To speed up this process, Yale designed a program to help talented professionals identify solutions to the toughest challenges in clean energy and join a network of peers who can them help answer the most difficult questions yet to come.
  • How do we design solutions that distribute costs and benefits equitably while also building the clean energy future at a faster rate than thought possible?
  • How can we deploy powerful policy levers, optimize financial and energy models, and find better applications of technology… all at once?
  • How can we support skilled contractors to connect transmission lines and install heat pumps at a massive scale?
  • How do state-level policies make clean energy affordable to everyone and make the energy transition an economic boon for current fossil-fuel workers? 
The Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program staff is preparing to steer another cohort through these questions and many more. It connects participants with Yale faculty, alumni, and with each other. Participants confront the policy tradeoffs, master the financial math, and peer into the fossil-free future.
This month, we'll showcase work from this year's cohort. This issue features a sample of the policy memos that participants write, showcases faculty and staff who make the curriculum run, and tees up some resources for you to learn more.

Start exploring the FDCE program and apply here by 
March 12. 
From This Year's FDCE Cohort: Policy Memos

Power in Calories and Communities:
The Case For Favoring "Agrivoltaic" Sites 

Audrey Friedrichsen 
Timing and cost can grow complicated for solar deployment when siting decisions happen. In this memo, a lawyer for a conservation-minded organization spells out the rationale for prioritizing sites in New York State where farming and solar power can jointly thrive

Policy Memo: A Regional Beacon For a Global Path to Sustainable Shipping 
David Fujimoto  
How do you decarbonize the global shipping behemoth? According to an FDCE participant who works in maritime trade, you can start with regional excellence. This memo articulates efforts that can take root in the United States' Pacific Northwest to speed the onset of green shipping fuels.   
Op/Ed: Calling on City Governments to Clean Up Wastewater Treatment- and Reduce Emissions
Pari Amanlou 
In the FDCE curriculum, participants learn to write targeted content to reach the broader public. This op/ed by an executive at an environmental consulting firm makes the case for an innovative approach to environmental services - putting a clean climate, a just society, and a sound economy at the forefront. 

Catch Our FDCE Faculty and Alums in the Conversation

  • Esmeralda Colombo, a scholar who joined our 2021-22 cohort, published this op/ed on European energy and green banking prospects in a Dutch newsletter this January.
  • Faculty member William English, who once held a senior position at the Federal Reserve, explained debt-limit brinksmanship and other economic contexts in a February Reuters explainer.

Learn More and Ask Questions!

Live Q&A session
If what you've read whets your interest, then mark February 23 from noon to 1 pm EST for the "Ask Me Anything" session. You'll be able to speak directly to our FDCE Ambassadors and ask any questions about the FDCE Certificate Program.
Mayank Saraswat of Charles River Associates, Raul Garcia of CSW Energy, and Natalie Batman of Sun Tribe join us in this session.
Informational webinar
We also recently hosted an informational webinar about the program full of facts and insights from the team leading the program as well as a key faculty member. Watch the video here.

Become Part of This Growing Network

The premise behind FDCE is 1) Online Delivery, 2) Immediate Professional Impact, and 3) A Lifelong Community of Practice.
This certificate program happens online, to meet professionals' need for flexibility. The talented working professionals we highlight above are turning the lessons learned in the program into tangible insights and actions each week for their businesses, organizations, and communities. 
Then, after nine months of immersion in the content and community, they have real-life connections like the one we captured here at a 2021 meetup to support their careers. 
FDCE '22 participants Cecil Rochelle, Susan Rudolph and Marc Bronzetti met up in Detroit at The Battery Show. The trio enjoyed a wonderful dinner in the Motor City, and of course, had a blast discussing clean energy.
Join our international community of passionate professionals who want to collaborate, learn, and grow in their fields. Start an application today and submit by March 12.
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