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Taiwan Makes It Easier for Global Companies to Procure Local Renewable Energy
Manufacturing powerhouse Taiwan has created a renewable energy credit (Taiwan-REC or T-REC) scheme that allows companies, including foreign companies, to procure directly from renewable energy…
Net-Zero Future at Cost Parity with Coal—In the Heart of Coal Country
Platte River Power Authority (PRPA), the generating authority that serves Fort Collins—a community Rocky Mountain Institute has been working with for a long time—and…
Distribution-Scale Solar Goes Big in Texas
Texas has long been known as the capital of oil and gas. And over the past decade it added so much wind power that if…
New Lives for Old Mines: A Method for Developing Renewable Energy at Closed Mine Sites
Working in partnership with multinational mining company BHP, Rocky Mountain Institute’s Sunshine for Mines team has uncovered an opportunity to turn closed mine sites, or…
The Importance of Distribution-Scale Solar for Grid Resilience
When Hurricanes Harvey and Irma blew through the southern United States, they left millions without power. During such natural disasters, access to electricity is more…