Electricity
5 Reasons Community-Scale Solar is a Multi-GW Market Opportunity
Millions of homes and businesses are being left out of the solar revolution because they can't go solar. Community-scale solar is poised to change that. In a new report from RMI, we show how community-scale solar could unlock affordable access, creating a 30 GW market by 2020.
Learning from Islands: Renewable Transitions for Mines, Industrial Facilities, and the Military
What do mines, industrial facilities, and the military all have in common? They all have a need for reliable electricity in remote locations. It turns out these places and others can learn a lot from islands.
Ithaca College Goes Solar in Upstate New York
Ithaca College, located in the Finger Lakes region of central New York State, has been listed in the Princeton Review’s list of top green colleges for six straight years. Now, it is getting even greener, with the addition of 2.9 MW of solar energy.
Business Renewables Center Members Named to Clean Edge’s Corporate Leaders
Clean Edge recently released a new benchmarking index of corporations that take the lead in clean energy. The list of Corporate Clean Energy Leaders includes more than a dozen members of RMI’s BRC, who make up nearly half Clean Edge’s inaugural list.
5 Ways to Sustain the Corporate Renewables Market
The year 2015 represented a major turning point for electricity generation in the United States. The country retired 14 GW of fossil-fueled generation. Meanwhile, it brought online 16.4 GW of carbon-free generation, with wind energy leading the mix at 8.5 GW of new installed capacity, according to BNEF’s Sustainable Energy in…