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Renewing our electricity system creates the ultimate clean energy carrier that will power our passenger cars and light trucks in addition to our buildings. And, thanks to innovation in maturing renewable technologies—like wind turbines and solar photovoltaics—the cost is rapidly becoming competitive with fossil-fuel burning alternatives.

Electricity Executive Summary

Electricity is the connective tissue of the information age, powering everything from smartphones to giant data centers and enabling virtually every transaction in daily life. READ MORE

UCSD has one of the most cutting-edge microgrids in the world.

Key Solutions: ELECTRICITY IN 2050

How do we get here?

Superefficient end-use plus distributed and renewable supply
Advances in renewable generation technologies, communications and controls, distributed generating technologies, and storage have laid the foundation for a customer-centric electricity system that is renewable, distributed, and resilient. LEARN MORE »
Smart, secure, resilient grid
A smarter grid, omnidirectional flows of energy and information, and distributed generators will empower customers and increase adaptability. LEARN MORE »
Fair competition between demand- and supply-side options
Integrating pervasive information and demand-side technologies lets customers participate as “prosumers” who both consume and produce energy. LEARN MORE »
Ever-cheaper renewables, innovation and customer-centricity
Extensive modeling based on market price and performance data suggests that the renewable energy needed to supply 80% or more of all U.S. electricity by 2050—probably all ultimately—can be captured cost-effectively (even without subsidy) and integrated reliably. LEARN MORE »
Bigger, smarter markets with price and information transparency
The emerging electricity system is far more varied, transparent, innovative, and entrepreneurial. LEARN MORE »
Utility and customer incentive alignment
The regulatory compact, based on a fair return for providing low-cost, reliable power, must better match profit-making incentives to societal goals LEARN MORE »

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Solutions Journal: Spring 2012

An in-depth look at each of RMI's key sectors: Transportation, Buildings, Industry, and Electricity. Plus features on RMI's 30 years of continued work toward the clean energy era, our celebration at RMI 30 in New York City to honor the donors who make it possible, and a look at our trustees.

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Electricity

Electricity Executive Summary

Key Solutions: ELECTRICITY IN 2050

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Key Research

Learn more about how we conducted our analysis

Find out how RMI is driving the transition to the new energy era through our projects in the electricity sector

Buy the Book

Solutions Journal: Spring 2012

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