Electricity
Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use
The energy used by our nation’s servers and data centers is significant. the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that this sector consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), accounting for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption. So how much room for improvement is there?
The World’s Energy Disparity Is Reaching a Critical Stage to Spawn Innovation
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about innovation, especially about how it might spread through the global energy system. I’m especially interested in how entrepreneurs and new technologies may create disruptive innovation within the system and what that’s likely to look like.
Saudis Won’t Settle for Energy Status Quo; Why Should U.S.?
The Saudis, who are both oil- and sunshine-rich, plan to develop 41,000 megawatts of solar projects to support a third of electricity production by 2032. The energy will directly replace oil used for desalination plants—freeing up more oil for export.
RMI Alumni Help Spread the Vision
At RMI we try to measure our impact in the world. One way to do that is to look to alumni and see what they have done since leaving us. These people have RMI’s approach to design and problem solving in their professional arsenal when they move on, and you could say that they are taking RMI with them when they go.
The Way Forward for Solar After Disappointing Tariff Ruling
The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday levied hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panels imported to the United States, raising concern that resulting higher costs will stunt strong growth in the U.S. solar market.