The Time is Ripe for Communities to Embrace Clean Energy on Brownfields

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:57:39 +0000

New federal incentives can help communities repurpose brownfields into brightfields, high-value sites that support a more equitable, clean energy economy. To speed this transition across America, RMI is co-launching the first ever Brightfields Accelerator. The industrial revolution fundamentally reshaped America’s economy but left behind a legacy of brownfields — land that is potentially contaminated, and often neglected […]

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Up to 3 GW of Offshore Wind Power Being Explored in the Philippines

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:47:49 +0000

Aboitiz Power Corporation, in partnership with Climate Capital Management and RMI, to explore offshore wind energy potential in the Philippines with support from USTDA. Manila, Philippines — August 18th, 2022, Aboitiz Power Corporation, a key player in the Philippines energy industry, in partnership with Climate Capital Management and RMI, have launched a feasibility study to […]

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Heat Pumps — Clean Energy 101

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 01:41:56 +0000

Why heat pumps are a cost-effective and climate-friendly solution for extreme heat waves and frigid winters. Summer in the northern hemisphere is just a few weeks old, but temperature records have already toppled as heat waves baked regions from Scandinavia to Japan to the United States. The heat came early in India and Pakistan this year, with weeks […]

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3 Global Banks Jointly Tackle Aluminum Decarbonization

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:00:53 +0000

Leading lenders to the global aluminum sector — Citi, ING, and Societe Generale — are working together with RMI to develop a climate-aligned finance framework to help reduce the industry’s hard-to-abate emissions.

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Critical Facilities Pioneer New Model for Boosting Energy Resilience in Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:11 +0000

The Community Energy Resilience Initiative (CERI), a collaboration between Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, RMI, and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), with support from Enel North America, presents a new model for scaling equitable access to resilient, renewable energy. Arecibo, Puerto Rico — June 9, 2022. Today, the Puerto Rico Community […]

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3 Questions Wisconsinites Are Asking About Heat Pumps

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:17:09 +0000

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission, which regulates public utilities in the state, is currently deciding what role the state’s energy efficiency program will play in developing the local market for heat pumps. Heat pumps are an efficient, climate-aligned solution for space heating and cooling that can perform well in Wisconsin’s cold climate. By replacing fossil fuel furnaces, heat […]

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