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Accelerator Teams Are Defining a New Era of Utility Relationships
In April 2016, RMI hosted the third annual eLab Accelerator. (Applications are now being accepted for eLab Accelerator 2017.) Described as a boot camp for electricity innovation, the four-day intensive work session brought together 13 teams from across North America—from North Carolina to Ottawa and California to New York—working on new business models, energy innovation districts, and novel ways to value distributed energy resources.
Changing Lives with Solar Microgrids
Haiti is the poorest the country in the western hemisphere. Only 25 percent of the 10.3 million people in the country have access to electricity.
Accelerating Sustainable Electricity Access in Sub-Saharan Africa
A team from Rocky Mountain Institute is working in sub-Saharan Africa to address barriers to sustainable electricity access. Since September of last year, we have…
Learning from Islands: Renewable Transitions for Mines, Industrial Facilities, and the Military
What do mines, industrial facilities, and the military all have in common? They all have a need for reliable electricity in remote locations. It turns out these places and others can learn a lot from islands.
Remote but Connected: Two Australian Communities go Solar
In two remote communities in Western Australia, Horizon Power decided not to invest in upgrading diesel power stations, but instead to embark on an energy journey to bring solar to a remote, diesel-based grid.