Climate Intelligence
Aligning the EU’s Natural Gas Policymaking with Its Climate Goals
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underscores the heightened energy security risks associated with the European Union’s oil and gas imports.
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Electricity
A Fair Green Deal for the Last Coal Plant in Mississippi
Late in 2021, Southern Company, the giant utility headquartered in Atlanta, announced it would pursue the retirement or conversion of 15 coal-fired generation units at its power plants, totaling nearly 9,000 MW…
Transportation
Clean Energy 101: Electric Trucks
Trucks are going electric, from your favorite pickup, to the delivery van dropping off your packages, to the big rigs that haul freight across the interstates.
Climate Aligned Industries
Hydrogen Reality Check #1: Hydrogen Is Not a Significant Warming Risk
The climate benefit from a well-regulated clean hydrogen economy outweighs the impact of any emissions that hydrogen would add to our energy system.
Transportation
Electric Trucks Can Move Our Stuff Today
Popular passenger pickup trucks like the Ford F-150 aren’t the only thing going electric. RMI recently determined that a large portion of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) trucks in California and New York are currently…
Strategic Analysis and Engagement
How Australia is Decarbonizing Its Premium Commercial Buildings: A Story of Ambition Loops
Currently, more than half of the largest commercial property management companies in Australia have climate goals that are fully or closely aligned with the country’s net zero by 2050 target.
Electricity
The Best Time to Plan Transmission Was 15 Years Ago. The Second-Best Time Is Now.
The United States needs to rapidly expand its long-range transmission infrastructure to meet its climate goals. Federal regulators are now taking important steps to address key barriers to that build-out.
Global South
Powering Electric Two- and Three-Wheelers with Rural Minigrids in Nigeria and India
A growing renewable minigrid industry and a booming market for two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles opens the door for minigrid-powered EVs to become the option of first resort for families and businesses with the ability…
Climate Intelligence
Is the US Stockpiling Dirty Oils?
Greater oil and gas data transparency is needed to guide Strategic Petroleum Reserve decisions and stem the flow of the world’s dirtiest oils.
Urban Transformation
Introducing Community Solar+: the Next Generation of Community Solar
Community Solar+ is community solar projects that are deliberately planned and strategically deployed to embrace added value streams and advance community-wide sustainability and equity goals.