Clean Energy 101: How Batteries Can Support Grid Reliability
Grid-scale battery storage can beat traditional technologies in keeping our electric grid running in the face of rising demand.
Stories of Hope, Applied
Since starting out as a tiny team in a small town high up in the Colorado Rockies, RMI has succeeded by blending a unique mix of optimism for solutions with a rigor around how to deploy them.
This approach, which Amory Lovins calls “Applied Hope,” has for decades delivered progress on countless fronts, from improving markets and advancing policy, to scaling projects that have lifted the well-being of real people around the world.
As climate change accelerates, even greater challenges remain. With our staff, partners, and communities, RMI is racing ahead to scale solutions. Here, we document some of our most hope-inspiring stories and successes from around the world.
Clean Energy 101: The Chemicals and Climate Connection
The health risk of exposing ourselves to dangerous chemicals is well-known, but the overall climate risk of these products has flown under our collective radar.
Waste Methane 101: Driving Emissions Reductions from Landfills
Landfills are an often-overlooked source of climate-warming methane emissions. Here’s how and why we must act now.
EV Batteries 101: Supply Chains
What are the problems in the EV battery supply chain and how can we improve it?
EV Batteries 101: The Basics
Learn about types of EV batteries, how they’re made, and how they work.
Clean Energy 101: Reducing Climate Pollution from the Plastics Industry
We need a clearer picture of carbon emissions from plastic, so we can decarbonize the production and disposal of this common material.
Clean Energy 101: Carbon Accounting
What is carbon accounting and how can it help corporations reduce their emissions?
Methane-Detecting Satellites 101: The Completeness Quotient
A new metric of satellite completeness can help decision makers better understand the strengths and limitations of various satellite technologies.
Clean Energy 101: Virtual Power Plants
Homes and businesses can make the grid more reliable, and get paid to do so, by forming virtual power plants.
Climate 101: NCQG, the Most Important Climate Goal You’ve Never Heard of
What is the NCQG? It’s a new global climate finance target that may be one of our best ways to address climate change.
Clean Energy 101: ESG
ESG frameworks and ratings, if done correctly, can help guide investment into vital sectors that will accelerate the energy transition.
Clean Energy 101: Heat Pumps
Why heat pumps are a cost-effective and climate-friendly solution for extreme heat waves and frigid winters.
Clean Energy 101: The REC Market
How to ensure that renewable energy certificates lead to real-world emissions reductions.
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.
Clean Energy 101: The Colors of Hydrogen
Hydrogen has an essential role to play in the global effort to decarbonize the economy. This article explains hydrogen and where it fits in the energy system.
Climate-Aligned Finance 101: What Is It, and Why Should You Care?
The global financial sector plays a crucial role in the net-zero transition. So, what does climate alignment actually mean for a financial institution?
Green Banks 101
Green banks are ideally positioned to assist countries with the implementation of their nationally determined contributions, as per the terms of the Paris Agreement.
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.
Clean Energy 101: RMI Experts Answer Your Questions, Volume 2
We field questions from the RMI community on everything from carpooling to hurricanes.