AN AWARD-WINNING EFFICIENCY PROGRAM IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Fort Collins – a city of 167,500 located in northern Colorado – is on its way to eliminating 80 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and eliminating them entirely by 2050. This impressive feat is partly due to a pilot program born from a year-long RMI engagement with the city’s utility to design a new integrated utility services model to get more residential homes implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy. The successful project is now receiving the Energy Innovator Award from the American Public Power Association. Read More.
NEW RMI PODCAST: OUR EXPERTS DISCUSS CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY
RMI’s latest podcast explores the issues facing incumbent utilities, regulators, and other electricity industry stakeholders as aggregated distributed energy resources (e.g., solar PV, storage, demand response technologies, energy efficiency, electric vehicles) become cost-competitive with centralized approaches to generating and distributing electricity. With the industry proposing as much as $1 trillion in traditional capital investments for the grid through 2030, understanding these issues is more important than ever. Listen Now.
FRED STANBACK TO RECEIVE HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Conservationist and longtime RMI supporter Fred Stanback will receive an honorary membership in the American Society of Landscape Architects. Stanback has worked to conserve many of North Carolina’s iconic landscapes, particularly the Blue Ridge Parkway. He also worked closely with the Catawba College Center for the Environment, helping establish a nature preserve on campus as well as financially supporting its Environmental Stewards and Scholars Scholarship Program. RMI will be co-hosting and co-leading Catawba’s Redesigning Our Future high school summit in July. RMI applauds Fred for all his work over the years to create a better world. Read More.
NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT CHANGING THE POWER MIX DOES NOT ENDANGER ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY
A new report by Analysis Group answers questions asked two months ago by Energy Secretary Rick Perry about the reliability and market rules of the U.S. electric power grid. Analysis Group finds that market forces are causing some coal and nuclear power plants to retire, and not state and federal policies supporting renewable energy development. The report finds that the changing electricity resource mix poses no threat to the reliability of the nation’s power system. Read More.
ST. LUCIA UTILITY SIGNS CONTRACT FOR THE ISLAND’S FIRST SOLAR FARM
Today representatives from St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited and solar energy firm GRUPOTEC signed a contract for a 3 megawatt solar farm. When connected to the grid, the solar farm is expected to generate the equivalent electricity used by nearly 3,500 homes while offsetting over 3,800 metric tons of CO2 annually. The solar farm is historic for Saint Lucia as it will be the first utility-scale renewable energy project on the island, where diesel-powered generators currently account for over 99 percent of electricity generation. Read More.
JOIN RMI AT GREENTECH MEDIA’S GRID EDGE WORLD FORUM
Join RMI at GreenTech Media’s Grid Edge World Forum 2017, June 27â29 inSan Jose, California. RMI’s Business Renewables Center is hosting a track on corporate renewables procurement, and our Electricity and Shine programs will also be attending. Use discount code RMI10 to save 10 percent on your registration. Register Now.
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