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New platform from Rocky Mountain Institute to better educate solar energy buyers
Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI’s) Business Renewables Center (BRC) just launched a new software-based educational platform to help buyers of renewable energy better understand the transaction process...
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New Mexico solar project to sell output at lowest PV per kWh price in U.S.
Construction has commenced on a 3 MW solar project in New Mexico that will sell its output below 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, a price Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) believes is the lowest reported...
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RMI report shows path for a 30-GW community solar market by 2020
Community solar project in Iowa, courtesy of SunLink. While recent CSS market growth has exceeded that of both behind-the-meter solar like rooftop photovoltaic systems and that of utility-scale solar...
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RMI: Solar saves carbon faster, more effectively than nuclear power
Renewable electricity, chiefly from wind and solar power, adds electricity generation and saves carbon faster than nuclear power does or ever has, according to a data-rich new study by Amory Lovins...
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Crowd Sourced: Details on a plan for drastic cost reductions, wide deployment...
Community solar to this point has been more of a riddle than a segment. Generally referring to shared solar development that accepts capital from and provides output credit to subscribers and other...
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Corporations have contracted for a record 3.57 GW in renewable energy in 2018
This week, the Business Renewables Center (BRC), a membership program at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), announced that corporate renewable energy procurement reached a new record in 2018, with 3.57...
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Corporate renewable energy procurement hits new single-year record
Even this crazy old dude is into it. While the federal government still somehow can’t see the economic argument for pursuing a robust renewable energy strategy, for-profit corporations are procuring it...
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Check out this guide to installing hurricane-resistant rooftop solar PV systems
This Sollega system survived hurricane Irma in 2017. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Clinton Foundation released a new report focusing on best practices for installing climate-resistant rooftop...
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Community solar is a path to the future if policymakers plan for it
Community solar can often win bipartisan hearts and minds in a way that more traditional PV project development does not. The key is clearly in that first word – community – but a well-designed...
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Google Nest, General Motors headline RMI’s Virtual Power Plant Partnership
Virtual power plants (VPP) are an intriguing path to a more efficient and cost-effective electric grid. VPPs involve the aggregation and coordination of distributed energy resources (like homes with...
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