Narrowing the Solar Equity Gap Through Solarize
How cities are helping low- and moderate-income households install solar with Solarize campaigns
Author: RMI
Realizing The Green Jobs Promise
The Benefits of a Regenerative Approach The switch to a carbon-free economy is the biggest economic opportunity of our era. The International Energy Agency and other analysts have predicted that this wave of market-driven innovation will create two to six “green jobs” for each fossil fuel job lost. The promised … [continued]
Siana & Zsaria: Speeding Up The Caribbean’s Energy Transition
With shared roots in Trinidad and Tobago, two young women are championing collaborative approaches to accelerate a shift to solar, batteries, and enabling environments for clean energy.
The Economic Tides Just Turned for States
We uncover the surprising, transformative benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and clean energy for US states.
Clean Energy 101: Methane-Detecting Satellites
Satellite “completeness” is a new and powerful concept in the push to slash climate pollution.
Stop Burning Money: Turning A Fossil Fuel Electricity Subsidy Into Solar Energy In The Dominican…
Imagine that you are a typical family living in a low- to middle-income community in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. You earn close to the average salary of US$250 per month and your monthly household electricity consumption is 200 kilowatt-hours (kWh) — about one fifth of the average … [continued]
100% Clean Electricity — How To Get Your City Or County To 100% Renewables
A new RMI framework helps cities and counties prioritize energy projects.
What’s A Virtual Power Plant?
Virtual power plants may be our most important and most overlooked domestic energy resource. Last summer, California’s record-breaking, grid-straining heat wave forced the state government to send text messages asking residents for emergency, voluntary energy conservation. And it worked. Energy demand dropped; blackouts were avoided. California’s successful response illustrates how … [continued]
With Concrete, Less Is More
Demand Changes Can Drive The Future Of Zero-Carbon Concrete As world leaders convene at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos to discuss global issues including climate change, they will spend the day surrounded by concrete. Houses, skyscrapers, roads, freeways, bridges, sidewalks, water systems, dams, and more rely on … [continued]
How Utilities Can Save Customers Billions of Dollars
If utilities modernize the way they select the resources they run each day, they can save carbon and reduce energy prices. Over the past three years, energy market prices have been exceptionally volatile. Natural gas prices spiked then tanked at the end of 2019 and wholesale market prices followed. When … [continued]
