Tag: rocky mountain institute
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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 solar + battery storage or smart thermostats or even EVs) to work together as an asset on the grid. Customers themselves or their authorized energy management……
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Check out this guide to installing hurricane-resistant rooftop solar PV systems
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Clinton Foundation released a new report focusing on best practices for installing climate-resistant rooftop solar in high-wind regions. Solar Under Storm II (yes, the sequel to Solar Under Storm published in 2018 that focused on ground-mounts), focuses more specifically on rooftop solar survivability from the CaribbeanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Corporate renewable energy procurement hits new single-year record
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 in droves, setting a new single-year record for new capacity of announced wind and solar deals in 2018. According to the deal tracker at the Business RenewablesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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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 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects announced this year to date in the United States. This number exceeds both the 3.12Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Crowd Sourced: Details on a plan for drastic cost reductions, wide deployment of community-scale solar
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 investors, the potential of the community solar segment is massive. Removing roof and space constraints from the equation,Read More — Solar Builder magazine