US Policy
Climate Action Plans for States Made Easier with Free Tool
The updated Energy Policy Simulators are already helping states access federal funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program…
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Financing solar panels just became way easier. Thank the Climate Bill.
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, a new financing model can make solar easier to access for low-income households and nonprofits. Here’s how a church in Compton put it to work.
Strategic Insights
Energy after Fire
We need energy sources fit for an era of work demand, not heat demand. Fortunately, thanks to the rapid growth and cost decline of solar, wind, and electrification, “firepower” faces inexorable decline.
Climate Data
Dispatch from the Carbon Mapper Satellite Launch
An Unstoppable Coalition Tackles Methane Super-Emitters…
Strategic Insights
Q&A: Six Charts for Six Solutions to the Battery Mineral Challenge
Our recent webinar received many more questions than we could cover. Here are more answers in the form of six charts — one for each of our six solutions.
Electricity
Waiting in Queue: RMI’s Solutions to the Gridlocked US Power Sector
Key Insights The US electrical grid faces significant challenges due to the projected increase in power demand. RMI is leading efforts to optimize and expand the grid through both short-term fixes, like grid-enhancing technologies (GETs)…
Carbon Markets
Breaking Barriers in Carbon Dioxide Removal with Electrochemistry
An evaluation of the characteristics, tradeoffs and potential for state-of-the-art electrochemistry-based carbon dioxide removal approaches.
US Policy
Scaling Low-Income Solar with the Inflation Reduction Act
Tax-exempt entities can accelerate the adoption of solar photovoltaics (PV) among low-to-moderate income (LMI) communities.
India
India at 2047
India has set a vision for energy independence by 2047, as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan (self-reliant India campaign). This, along with national goals such as achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, are setting a…
Electricity
Reality Check: Generator-Centric Disaster Response Is Out of Gas
By deploying solar + storage microgrids in our communities before hurricanes strike, they will save customers money in the long run, provide valuable electric grid services that will decrease carbon emissions overall, and already be…