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The Renewable Energy Market is Evolving. Here’s How.
Corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) are being talked about everywhere. Today, corporate and institutional (C&I) end users have unparalleled access to bilateral agreements directly with utility-scale renewable energy facilities—greening their energy portfolio and creating financial benefits. How did we get here?
Former Head of International Energy Agency, Maria Van Der Hoeven, Joins Rocky Mountain Institute’s Board of Trustees
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) announces the newest member to join its Board of Trustees. RMI is pleased to welcome former International Energy Agency Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven to the organization.
Report Release: The Economics of Battery Energy Storage
Battery-based energy storage is a powerful resource capable of reducing grid costs and customer bills, increasing the resilience of the grid, and supporting a largely renewable electricity system. And even though the economics of storage look good today, they’re only going to get better.
How Solar-plus-Battery Systems Insulate Customers from Rising Retail Electricity Prices
In the face of rising retail prices for grid electricity, investing in solar-plus-battery systems can insulate grid-connected customers from those increasing prices and effectively lock in a peak price that won't continue to climb, according to a recent analysis by RMI.
4 Ways Demand Flexibility Can Enable a Low-Carbon Grid
As the electricity industry and its ever-expanding cast of players race to provide customer solutions, keeping in mind that many customers want more than just bill savings may help to scale demand flexibility even faster than the core economic business case would suggest.
