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e-Lab: Electricity Innovation Lab
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…
Elevating Utility Business Model Reform at e–Lab Accelerator 2019
The various forces—societal, financial, environmental, customer-driven—motivating the electricity system’s transition to a more decarbonized and distributed orientation continue to grow, marked by several key milestones in recent months. As a central actor in the energy ecosystem, electric utilities will continue to play a key role in how this inevitable…
Accelerating the Electrification of Buildings at e–Lab Accelerator 2019
One of the most exciting developments in the energy system is the role that beneficial electrification—using renewable energy and efficient electric technologies to heat and cool homes and businesses—is playing in supporting the transition to a cleaner energy system. A cohort of teams at RMI’s Electricity Innovation Lab (e–Lab) Accelerator—happening…
Empowering Utilities to Participate in the Clean-Energy Transition – Part 3
This is the third blog in a three-part series. The first blog, Renewable Heating in Juneau, Alaska, is available here. The second blog, Aligning Energy Demand with Renewable Energy Production in Oregon, is available here. One of the central challenges in transitioning to a more distributed and decarbonized…
Successfully Shaping the Clean Energy Transition
The year 2018 was transformational in the energy system, marked by several milestones that revealed the powerful forces now emerging and exerting their influence across the electricity landscape. Several states, including New York, New Jersey, and Washington, advanced proposals to achieve 100 percent clean energy in different…