Transportation
On the Road to Clean, Equitable Mobility
The leading transportation electrification projects have a clear beginning and end, but the route in between can be a maze of forks in the road that can easily lead project teams into high congestion. An early pit stop at RMI’s Mobility Innovation Lab (MIL) can redraw the roadmap and put…
Shenzhen: A City Miles Ahead
Two weeks ago, The Washington Post called Shenzhen, the tech hub in Southern China, a “pacesetter,” when reporting on how it became the first city in the world to turn nearly all of its buses and taxis electric. But it is not just public and for-hire fleets electrifying in…
The Poseidon Principles: A Groundbreaking New Formula for Navigating Decarbonization
For the past 18 months, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has worked behind closed doors with an unprecedented coalition to establish the Poseidon Principles. Today, June 18, 2019, the Principles become public as 11 banks representing approximately $100 billion become the founding signatories of the agreement. The…
Clean Energy 101: Electric Vehicle Charging for Dummies
If you are going to drive an electric vehicle, you’re going to have to learn to speak the language of electricity.
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
When most people envision climate action, images of solar panels and wind farms often come to mind. However, electricity generation is only part of the decarbonization puzzle. The climate crisis calls for an all-hands-on-deck approach to decarbonizing the world’s goods and services, including how they are designed, produced, sourced, and…