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Fire and Smoke: How Communities’ Health Suffers From Climate Change—And How the Energy Transition Can Help
This blog post was originally published in Health and Climate Solutions Blog: George Mason University. Rocky Mountain Institute, the nonprofit I lead, has been a part of the community of Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley since its founding 37 years ago. Our Innovation Center headquarters is there, and the people…
Learning Extreme Energy Efficiency at Rocky Mountain Institute
For me, the best spring break is not on a beach; it’s in the mountains. High up in the Roaring Fork Valley in Western Colorado, amid the snowcapped peaks, there’s a river that babbles past the small towns and their quirky residents. There’s not a lot out there. It feels…
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…
Bringing Electricity Markets to China: Adapting International Experience in Power Sector Deregulation to Fit China’s Economy
Introducing competitive electricity markets to China could reduce global emissions by 0.4 percent. The world’s second-largest economy is moving away from its centrally planned roots and is undertaking systemic power sector reforms. Chinese regulators’ motivations are not all that different than those of regulators in the West: they are trying…
Deepening RMI’s Commitment to Energy Entrepreneurs and Whole-Systems Innovation
Speeding the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future has been the lodestar for Rocky Mountain Institute for over three decades. In recent years, the Institute has redoubled its efforts in response to the urgency of the global climate challenge by expanding into new markets and geographies. Through…