Climate Finance
When Insurance and Policy Align, Resilience Scales
4 lessons from state programs to strengthen homes and insurance markets in a world of increasing extreme weather.
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Climate Intelligence
Technical Explainer: Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Carbon Credits
RMI experts analyze market trends, quality criteria, and risk implications for orphaned well carbon credits.
Climate Finance
10 Project Finance Lessons from Europe’s Geothermal-Lithium Lighthouse
The Lionheart lithium and geothermal power project in Germany provides learnings for first-of-a-kind industrial dealmakers raising capital in an uncertain world.
General
Five Policies to Lower Heating Bills and Accelerate Heat Pump Adoption in Illinois
Targeted incentives, zero-interest financing, smart rate design, and building code updates can reduce household energy costs while advancing Illinois’ clean energy goals.
Electricity
A Smarter Approach to Cost Trackers to Support Affordability
A report outlining four regulatory strategies to manage the risks that cost trackers pose to electricity affordability.
Global South
Catalysing Energy Storage in India
Download The Executive Summary Peak demand growth exceeding historic projections is one key factor driving challenges for India’s electricity sector. To meet this demand and integrate increasing generation from renewable energy, the country needs to…
India
Envisioning a National Grid Flexibility Programme for India
A vision for an open network for enabling demand flexibility at scale in India…
Electricity
The Interconnection Queue Continues to Be a Barrier to American Economic Competitiveness
The race is on to power the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. As AI becomes increasingly central to national security and US economic competitiveness, demand for electricity is surging. Yet companies seeking to build data centers…
Climate Intelligence
Drilling Down on Methane Loss
RMI and Purvis Advisors Reveal Underreported Methane Waste in Texas Oil & Gas Sector. RMI and Purvis Advisors developed and deployed a data-correction methodology to assess self-reported oil and gas production data in Texas. Their…
Global South
Redefining Rooftop Solar Through Community Action
In the Dominican Republic, a new approach to rooftop solar is allowing communities to bring clean energy to households long priced out of the energy transition.