Electricity
Texas’s X Factor: Part 2: How the Lone Star State Is Poised to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources in Innovative Ways
This post is the second in a series describing the opportunities that abound in Texas’s energy system and how e–Lab Forge: Texas 2019 can help realize them. The first post is available here. While Texas has long been synonymous with oil and gas production, it has also become a…
Bringing Electricity Markets to China: Adapting International Experience in Power Sector Deregulation to Fit China’s Economy
Introducing competitive electricity markets to China could reduce global emissions by 0.4 percent. The world’s second-largest economy is moving away from its centrally planned roots and is undertaking systemic power sector reforms. Chinese regulators’ motivations are not all that different than those of regulators in the West: they are trying…
Deepening RMI’s Commitment to Energy Entrepreneurs and Whole-Systems Innovation
Speeding the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future has been the lodestar for Rocky Mountain Institute for over three decades. In recent years, the Institute has redoubled its efforts in response to the urgency of the global climate challenge by expanding into new markets and geographies. Through…
Getting the Facts Right: Clean, Electric Buildings Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions AND Save Money in New Construction
Replacing the burning of fossil fuels in our residential and commercial buildings with clean electricity is a crucial step to protecting public health and eliminating climate pollution. Multiple studies, including RMI’s The Economics of Electrifying Buildings and E3’s Residential Building Electrification in California, have shown that using efficient…
Energy Web Foundation Launches Pioneering Blockchain to Accelerate a Low-Carbon, Customer-centric Energy System
Earlier this week, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) celebrated the public release of the Poseidon Principles, a pioneering agreement to reduce the carbon emissions of the global maritime shipping sector some 18 months in the making, and the first global agreement among financial institutions to align investments with Paris commitments.