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While the increase in the volume of batteries being produced for electric vehicles (EVs) gets most of the headlines, front-of-the-meter grid-scale battery applications are multiplying and rising in importance as a main pillar of a decarbonized power sector.

This paper addresses the most salient issues to consider in developing best-in-class front-of-the-meter storage projects as battery costs continue to fall, applications evolve, and the need for energy storage systems rises.

Identifying and solving problems with cell imbalances can go a long way in ensuring ESS safety and availability. In this whitepaper, we discuss the challenge of cell imbalances and how battery analytics can help to overcome it.

In an era defined by uncertainty, complex geopolitical tensions, volatile supply chains and the urgent need for rapid cuts in global emissions, the energy transition has reached a critical inflection point. But the need to reach net zero remains as critical as ever.

As part of its broader work to support Connecticut’s greenhouse gas reduction and ZEV goals, the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) engaged RMI to develop a feasibility study for providing electrified mobility options to LMI residents. The goal of this study was to identify solutions that will share the benefits of transportation electrification with Connecticut’s LMI communities and to develop potential models of how these solutions could be designed, funded, and implemented.

With nearly 50 million students attending over 130,000 K-12 schools, the education sector has an important role to play in our country’s transition to clean energy. This report tracks and analyzes the progress of the movement and shares the success stories of schools that are leading the way.

According to the Net-Zero Steel Sector Transition Strategy from the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP), under the business-as-usual scenario (MPP BAU), by 2050 steel production alone will account for more than ~25% of the total carbon budget of a 1.5°C pathway.

In this brief, we assess (1) the potential role that CDR plays in scenarios that limit long-term temperature increase to 1.5°C, and (2) what we should be doing now, given the time needed to develop and deploy these technologies at scale.

The Russian government’s decision to invade Ukraine puts into sharp contrast the deep entanglement between energy, security and geopolitics. Now more than ever, the European Union needs unity and resolve in its response and a focus on resilience in the face of interlinking crises.

Authors from Ember, E3G, Bellona and RAP have collaborated to identify the indispensable role clean energy solutions play in rapidly ending the EU’s reliance on fossil gas imports from Russia.

When we think of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, we usually envision power plants, factories, cars, and smokestacks — not farms and ranches. But it turns out that agriculture and land use, as well as the larger global food system, are among the biggest contributors to climate change. And, as a result, changing these systems, can be an important source of climate solutions

But how can this be? Isn’t climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, that release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere?

There’s more to it than that.

Texans will never forget February 2021. Winter Storm Uri crippled the state’s natural gas supply and sparked a cascading failure of our electricity system. More than 4 million homes and businesses lost power, many of them for days. More than 700 people died. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimated the electricity crisis cost the state between $80 and $130 billion.
Yet we already have the technological capability to significantly fortify the grid from increasing threats, reduce our reliance on fossil fuel electricity, and reduce electricity-related climate and air pollution.

Using energy data collected from Pecan Street’s network of connected homes in Austin during Texas’ historic 2021 winter storm, this paper demonstrates that we already have the technology to control demand and better protect families from electricity crises.