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2010 Micropower Database
AUTHORS:
Cohen, Bennett
Lovins, Amory
DOCUMENT ID: 2010-06
YEAR: 2010
DOCUMENT TYPE: Guide
2010 Edition: The purpose of the micropower database is to present a clear, rigorous, and independent assessment of the global capacity and electrical output of micropower (all renewables, except large hydro, and cogeneration), showing its development over time and documenting all data and assumptions. With minor exceptions, this information is based on bottom-up, transaction-by-transaction equipment counts reported by the relevant suppliers and operators, cross-checked against assessments by reputable governmental and intergovernmental technical agencies. For most technologies, historic data from 1990 through 2008 or 2009 is available, as well as forecasts through 2013. Available information includes global annual capacity additions and output, global cumulative capacity, and capacity factor. The Micropower Database Methodology is also included here. The 2008 Micropower Database is also available.
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Freeing America From Its Addiction to Oil
AUTHOR: Lovins, Amory
DOCUMENT ID: 2010-01
YEAR: 2010
DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal or Magazine Article
This article was originally published on CNN.com in 2010 and expands on Amory Lovins' TED talk from 2005. In the article Lovins describes the progress made since RMI's 2004 book, Winning the Oil Endgame.
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Smart Planes Save Oil
AUTHOR: Cohen, Bennett
DOCUMENT ID: 2009-14
YEAR: 2009
DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal or Magazine Article
This article, published in the Japanese Nikkei Ecology, explains how next generation air traffic control technologies could save 10-12% of the oil consumed by air travel by 2030.
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Project Get Ready: Menu for Community Plug-In Readiness
AUTHORS:
Schewel, Laura
Wilson, Jenn
DOCUMENT ID: 2009-02
YEAR: 2009
DOCUMENT TYPE: Report or White Paper
This document outlines the actions communities should take to be ready for plug-in vehicles, and approximate costs of each action.
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RMI's Top Federal Energy Policy Goals
AUTHORS:
Schewel, Laura
Lacy, Virginia
Bell, Mathias
Fluhrer, Caroline
Maurer, Eric
DOCUMENT ID: 2009-01
YEAR: 2009
DOCUMENT TYPE: Report or White Paper
This 19-page memo to the Obama administration outlines 17 goals that can reduce U.S. oil use and greenhouse gas emissions each by 50% in 10 years. These policies would also create over three million jobs in the next four years, and earning a profit for the nation in under 25 years.
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Getting Off Oil: Recent Leaps and Next Steps
AUTHOR: Lovins, Amory
DOCUMENT ID: E08-02
YEAR: 2008
DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal or Magazine Article
This article is a 2008 update on the progress of RMI's 2005 effort to implement Winning the Oil Endgame. In this article, Amory Lovins provides an update on recent progress in many of the sectors targeted in Winning the Oil Endgame. He also describes the steps required to implement the strategy fully in the auto industry.
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2008 Micropower Database: How Distributed Renewables and Cogeneration are Beating Nuclear Power Stations — Supporting Data, Methodology, and Graphs
AUTHORS:
Lovins, Amory
Sheikh, Imran
DOCUMENT ID: E05-04
YEAR: 2008
DOCUMENT TYPE: Guide
2008 Edition: The purpose of the micropower database is to present a clear, rigorous, and independent assessment of the global capacity and electrical output of micropower (all renewables, except large hydro, and cogeneration), showing its development over time and documenting all data and assumptions. With minor exceptions, this information is based on bottom-up, transaction-by-transaction equipment counts reported by the relevant suppliers and operators, cross-checked against assessments by reputable governmental and intergovernmental technical agencies. For most technologies, historic data from 1990 through 2005 or 2006 is available, as well as forecasts through 2010. Available information includes global annual capacity additions and output, global cumulative capacity, and capacity factor. The Micropower Database Methodology is also included here. The 2010 Micropower Database contains updated data.
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Preface to the Chinese Edition of Winning the Oil Endgame
AUTHOR: Lovins, Amory
DOCUMENT ID: E08-03
YEAR: 2008
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book or Book Chapter
In the preface to the Chinese edition to Winning the Oil Endgame, Amory Lovins puts the book in context for the Chinese audience. Winning the Oil Endgame offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence.
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Feebates: a Legislative Option to Encourage Continuous Improvements to Automobile Efficiency
AUTHORS:
Mims, Natalie
Hauenstein, Heidi
DOCUMENT ID: T08-09
YEAR: 2008
DOCUMENT TYPE: Report or White Paper
A feebate is an incentive policy that encourages the continuous improvement of automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions by providing incentives for manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles and rewarding consumers who purchase more efficient vehicles. This paper explores: why RMI believes a feebate is a valuable tool, recent analysis that RMI has done on feebates, what the current status of the feebate is, and how the feebate could interact with existing laws.
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Transformational Trucks: Determining the Energy Efficiency Limits of a Class-8 Tractor Trailer
AUTHORS:
Ogburn, Michael
Ramroth, Laurie
Lovins, Amory
DOCUMENT ID: T08-08
YEAR: 2008
DOCUMENT TYPE: Report or White Paper
This paper reports on the technological improvements of efficiency of tractor-trailers that can raise the efficiency of the vehicles dramatically. The authors argue that transformational change of tractor-trailer design can benefit economic prosperity, public health, energy security, and environmental quality.
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