Laurie Guevara-Stone, writer/editor for the Rocky Mountain Institute's Solutions Journal, interviews RMI trustee Maria van der Hoeven about energy access and security -- two critical global issues. A member of RMI’s Board of Trustees since October 2015, Maria van der Hoeven has had a long career working on challenging modern energy issues. She … [Read more...]
Accelerating Access to Sustainable Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Claire Henly and Kelly Carlin describe how the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is creating access to sustainable electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa -- and challenges that stand in the way.A team from Rocky Mountain Institute is working in sub-Saharan Africa to address barriers to sustainable electricity access. Since September of last year, we have … [Read more...]
Time is Running Out. Take the Microgrid Knowledge Survey Today
Curious about what’s ahead for microgrids? Us too. So we’ve put together a microgrid survey to get a sense of the industry's future. Please give us 10 minutes (or less) to answer the questions. And in return we'll be sure you are among the first to receive the tallied results. The Microgrid Knowledge 2016 survey. The Microgrid Knowledge … [Read more...]
RMI: Live from the E-Lab Accelerator—The Path to Energy Resilience
The Rocky Mountain Institute's Kelly Vaughn describes cutting-edge energy resilience projects displayed at this year's 'boot camp for electricity innovation.' re·sil·ience: The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Energy resilience means … [Read more...]
Water Heaters: As Sexy as Tesla?
Soon our water heaters may give us a lot more than hot showers. New technology lets water heaters provide services to our electric grid. Margaret McCall of the Rocky Mountain Institute explains how. Of all the new tech emerging on the energy landscape, water heaters seem an unlikely contender. Alongside battery players like Tesla, with its Model … [Read more...]
Rocky Mountain Institute's 12 Clean Energy Developments of 2015
It was a good year for clean energy development, says the Rocky Mountain Institute's Laurie Guevara-Stone. Here are a dozen reasons why. From a global climate accord to major domestic progress on the renewables front, 2015 was a great year for clean energy. As the 12 days of Christmas concludes today, January 5, here are—fittingly—12 things we saw … [Read more...]