RMI Outlet explores topics critical to RMI’s mission to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
RMI Outlet
Banding Together: How Aggregation Helps Cities Buy Renewables at Scale
In March 2021, 24 local governments in Maryland joined together on a plan to purchase enough renewable energy to power more than 246,000 homes…
Why Aren’t More Grid-Edge Startups Investable?
In today’s era of energy transition buzzwords, “decarbonization” is the belle of the ball. But increasingly, so is “decentralization.” Nowhere is this more apparent than…
How Pension Funds Can Help Electrify Africa
Almost 600 million people in Africa do not have access to electricity. Bringing them clean, affordable, and reliable electricity will require massive investment. At…
Why Heat Pumps Are the Answer to Heat Waves
As a record-breaking heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest earlier this summer and again this week, killing hundreds of people in the…
Remembering Alastaire Dick
Our friend and colleague Alastaire Dick passed away on July 19 from complications related to COVID. Al was a great friend to many of us…