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How to Plan for a More-Distributed Grid, Part 1
This is the first blog in a three-part series. The second blog in this series is available here, and the third …

Show Me the Money: The Business Opportunity of Grid-Interactive Buildings
Utilities, grid operators, homeowners, and private- and public-sector building owners and operators are all buzzing about buildings that dynamically interact with the electric grid. They…

If We Cherry-Pick Data, Rely on Discredited Projections, and Ignore CO2… EVs Are Bad!
In a recent report and Politico op-ed, Jonathan Lesser of the Manhattan Institute purports to demonstrate that replacing internal combustion vehicles (ICVs) with…

Fear Not the Decahedron of Truth
During Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center’s (BRC’s) fourth Buyer’s Boot Camp, participants were presented with the “Decahedron of Truth.” Ponder that phrase a moment.

How Mining Can Help Bring Clean Energy Access to the Developing World
It is no secret that the mine of the future must be vastly different than the mine of the past. With increasing fuel prices and…