Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:32:40 +0000
As mortgage rates rise across the United States, imagine this: someone offers to sell you a brand-new home with a preapproved 30-year mortgage. Here’s the catch: the local government says the home will be demolished in 20 years to make way for a new railway line. Would you put money down and live there for 20 […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 01:47:03 +0000
A Case Study of Pune’s Initial Electric Bus Procurement and Operations By Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited, Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited, RMI, and RMI India Electrifying public transport is critical to decarbonizing urban mobility. Although the domestic electric bus (e-bus) market in India is nascent, projections indicate 4 in 10 […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:10:51 +0000
Electrifying vans and step vans in Canada and the US would save nearly 5 billion gallons of gasoline each year and avoid 43.5 million tons of CO2 emissions a year.
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 01:10:28 +0000
Bermuda unveils 30 public electric buses as part of its efforts to fully electrify public transport by 2030, making it more energy independent and sustainable, while building the island’s resilience against impacts of climate change. Hamilton, Bermuda – April 14, 2022 Yesterday, on April 13, at a ceremony attended by the Minister of Transport, Bermuda’s […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 01:00:31 +0000
Whole-Home Retrofits: This article is part of RMI’s “Funding Our Future: Investing for Climate Impact” series, in which we discuss how we are informing the federal government about how federal infrastructure funds should be spent to help tackle climate change. Decarbonizing the US building stock must start by ensuring that low-income residents have easy access […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:21:22 +0000
The energy transition is ultimately a human transition. Why do we pioneer technological, financial, and policy innovations? For people. Who drives these innovations? People. To truly achieve a just energy transition, we must ensure an inclusive human-centered approach that recognizes that people are at the forefront of trailblazing and refining solutions and experiencing impacts. Energy […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:01:07 +0000
If this past Super Bowl was any indication, the time is now for electric vehicles. The growth of EVs has been phenomenal over the past few years, with just over 2 million EVs on US roads by mid-2021. Yet we need to put about 70 million EVs on the road (as well as decrease the number of vehicle […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:50:54 +0000
A new report, More EVs, Fewer Emissions, lays out strategies to maximize emissions reductions through optimized EV charging and provides clear recommendations for the transportation and power sectors. A new report from RMI has found that optimized charging of electric vehicles (EVs), which involves automatically and strategically shifting when an EV charges, could significantly reduce […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:53:50 +0000
Scaling Clean: This report draws on original RMI analysis as well as extensive discussions with PJM states, utilities, customers, and clean energy developers. Spurred by state decarbonization policy, strong customer demand, and rapidly improving technology, carbon-free energy is playing a growing role in PJM, the United States’ largest wholesale electricity market. However, the pace of […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 20:23:59 +0000
Businesses and industries need a clearer picture of their GHG emissions footprint to achieve their climate and emissions goals Historically, companies looking to calculate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have had to rely on self-reported data and estimates rather than primary data from supply chain partners. These best-guess estimates lead to inconsistencies and a lack […]