| POLLUTING POWER PLANTS CAN’T ESCAPE THE EYE IN THE SKY Power companies will no longer be able to shroud their pollution in secrecy. This Bloomberg article explains how RMI subsidiary WattTime will use satellite technology to measure air pollution from every large power plant in the world, thanks to a $1.7 million grant from Google. LEARN MORE |
| DECARBONIZING CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR The industrial sector is a major energy consumer and carbon emitter in China, responsible for more than 65 percent of the nation’s energy consumption and more than 70 percent of the nation’s carbon emissions. This blog post describes how China’s industrial sector is moving toward deep decarbonization. LEARN MORE |
| HOW INDIA IS SOLVING ITS COOLING CHALLENGE India faces a daunting problem: how to provide access to cooling to its citizens without warming the planet. Recognizing that innovation is key to addressing this problem, the Government of India is supporting the Global Cooling Prize—a cooling solution that has one-fifth of the climate impact of the commonly sold room air-conditioner units in the market today. LEARN MORE |
| MOBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR DELHI Next month, RMI and the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi will convene leading project teams from across India and the world for the Urban Mobility Lab “Solutions Workshop” in Delhi. RMI is seeking applications from teams that are working on innovative mobility projects that address important opportunity areas in Delhi’s mobility system. Submit an application by May 31 or share with a prospective team. LEARN MORE |
| PODCAST: MY E–LAB ACCELERATOR EXPERIENCE RMI sat down with three participants of e-Lab Accelerator 2019 to discuss their experience at this year’s event. RMI welcomed 13 project teams, focused on four core topic areas: new business models for utilities and other solutions providers, grid modernization and planning for distributed energy resources, electrification of buildings, and distributed energy resource adoption at scale. LISTEN NOW |