Bonus Episode: Yale’s Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program
We know Definers are always hungry for ways to maximize their impact within sustainability, so we're excited to focus today's bonus episode on Yale's Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Program. Yale’s Financing and Deploying Clean Energy (FDCE) online certificate program trains and connects rising leaders to catalyze an equitable transition to a clean economy. In the episode you will hear from Rob Klee, a Lecturer at Yale and the Managing Director of the Clean Energy Program at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, as well as Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres, a Senior Adviser at Rewiring America and an alum of the FDCE certificate program. If you're inspired by the episode and want to expand your skills in this area you can apply to the FDCE upcoming cohort by March 12, 2023 by visiting cbey.yale.edu/certificate.
Episode Intro Notes
Outline
Brief overview of the certificate program
Conversations with two guests, Rob Klee and Luis Aguirre-Torres
overview of the financing and deploying clean energy (fdce) program
The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) developed this 10-month, admissions-based online certificate for working professionals who seek to accelerate an equitable transition to a clean economy. The need for this is clear: While $1.7 trillion dollars is currently being invested annually in the clean energy sector, it is estimated that investing $2.5 trillion annually through 2050 will be necessary to meet our urgent climate goals.
In three years, the FDCE program has trained over 400 working professionals from around the globe to catalyze the transition to a clean economy via clean energy deployment.
The key objective of this program is to grow a powerful network of clean energy experts at the forefront of our energy transition, and help professionals understand the interplay of the financial, technological, and socioeconomic drivers in financing and deploying clean energy.
The program is designed for working professionals who are passionate about clean energy and want to advance their careers by gaining new skills in finance, technology, and policy, and mitigate climate change.
The program is completed entirely virtually, though Yale also hosts on-campus events, such as their Clean Energy Conference, and fosters local meetups between participants as well.
Participants spend about five hours a week on the core courses. This weekly time commitment generally involves: 1-2 hours of video, 2-3 hours of individual or group work, and 1 hour participating in live sessions.
The program is designed and delivered by faculty from the Yale School of Management, the Yale School of the Environment, and Yale College, by experts from the Yale alumni networks, and by CBEY’s industry partners. All serve as either lecturers, interviewees, or advisors.
about our guests
Rob Klee
Rob Klee is a Lecturer at Yale and the Managing Director of the Clean Energy Program at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Prior to joining the team at Yale, Rob served as the Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and practiced as an attorney in Connecticut where he specialized in appellate and complex litigation, and energy and environmental law.
Luis Aguirre-Torres
Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres is a Senior Adviser at Rewiring America, an electrification nonprofit with the purpose of making electrification simple, measurable, and inevitable. Prior to joining Rewiring America, he was the director of sustainability for the City of Ithaca, where he led the design and implementation of the first city-scale electrification program in the United States while completing the FDCE certificate program.