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Reality Check: Dispatchability and Reliability Are Not the Same Thing

Jan 8, 2025 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

By Aaron Schwartz, Adefunke Sonaike, Wendy Jaglom-Kurtz What Is Dispatchability, and How Is It Used Today? Summer peak demand for electricity in the United States is expected to rise by 122 GW over the next 10 years, representing a nearly 16 percent increase from current levels. Even though load growth is a feature, not a bug, of the energy transition, utilities must pursue thoughtful and proactive planning to ensure that they can meet growing energy demand not just reliably, but affordably....
Easing the Permitting Process for Clean Industrial Projects in California

Jan 2, 2025 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

Intro In 2024, California ranked as the fifth largest economy in the world for the seventh year in a row. It generates 14% of the U.S. gross domestic product and is the top state in the country in manufacturing output, businesses, and employment.
Clean Energy Funding Wins in 2024

Dec 18, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

Clean energy projects surged in 2024. With over $100 billion in federal grants awarded to date, plus additional millions in tax credits, local governments, businesses, and other organizations are getting support to transition to clean energy and bring related benefits to their communities. Below is a catalog of entities that have stepped up ambitious projects.
How Fashion and Furniture Can Lead Toward a Market for Lower-Emissions Polyester

Nov 15, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

By evaluating the polyester value chain we can understand pathways to a climate-differentiated chemicals market By Anisha Krishnakumar, Selene (Eli) Li, Brianne Cangelose, Catherine Huyett, and Vera Vinson Take a look at the label on your favorite shirt — chances are that it is made with polyester. With an annual production volume of approximately 73 million tons, polyester comprises over half of the global textile fiber production and grew 15 percent from 63.3 million tons in 2022. This...
Electrifying Communities, Empowering Livelihoods

Nov 5, 2024 | rmi.org | Vivian Chime |Laurie Stone |Dan Slanger

How RMI is touching lives using clean energy in Nigeria. November 5, 2024 By Vivian Chime and Laurie Stone In 2015, if someone had told Alhaji Gembo that he would experience up to 20 hours of electricity and expand his cold drink business from one freezer to four, he would have doubted it. Back then, he was dependent on the local grid.
State Policymakers Can Enact Real Change by Enabling Carbon Dioxide Removal

Oct 23, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

States have unique power to develop carbon dioxide removal (CDR) efforts, our State CDR Atlas shows them where to start.
Taylor Krause: Scaling Clean Hydrogen to Cut Industrial Emissions

Oct 2, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

This RMI manager brings her commitment for climate solutions to this season's Love is Blind. Dating shows and climate change solutions don’t often come up in the same conversation. That is until now. RMI Manager Taylor Krause is one of the participants in the new season of Love Is Blind, an unscripted television show where singles try to find a match and fall in love — without ever seeing each other face to face.
The Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Opportunity: Accelerating the Transition of the Oil and Gas Sector

Sep 30, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

Introduction The Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment (EIR) program of the Loan Program Office (LPO), coupled with Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax incentives, provides a unique and time-sensitive opportunity for the US oil and gas sector to accelerate its transition toward cleaner sources of energy and away from oil and gas.
16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members

Sep 5, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power 5 million homes in rural communities across 23 states, from California to Florida and Texas to Alaska.
Reality Check: Generator-Centric Disaster Response Is Out of Gas

Aug 30, 2024 | rmi.org | Dan Slanger

Solar-plus-storage microgrids, not generators, are a proven approach to resilience.