RMI Outlet
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Fewer Midnight (Coal) Trains to Georgia
Aging coal-fired generation presents a tremendous opportunity for our electricity system to transition away from fossil fuels and toward efficiency and renewables. One unexpected place that we are seeing this begin to happen is in Georgia.
Bringing Solar Light to the Energy Poor
Empower Generation: The 6th in a series highlighting the work of Rocky Mountain Institute alumni.
Safety in Numbers: Just How Risky Are Crowdsourced Investments in Renewables?
Some criticize solar crowdfunding for exposing inexperienced investors to undue risk, but RMI consultant Jesse Morris argues it appropriately compensates crowdfunders financially for low-risk investment, while also delivering social and environmental returns.
Other People’s Money: How Crowdfunding Lowers the Cost of Solar Energy
From Forbes to Fortune, Bloomberg to the Wall Street Journal, a young company named Mosaic has been getting a lot of attention of late. Why? Because Mosaic is bringing crowd-sourced funding to the world of solar PV.
Who’s the BoS?
The United States has much to learn from Germany’s über-low balance of systems costs for solar PV.
