Demand Growth Solutions Methodology Solution Source Notes

The document details the data sources and specific capacity estimates used by RMI for energy efficiency, virtual power plants, grid enhancing technologies, and clean repowering. It highlights a projected 53GW reduction from energy efficiency and 60GW of dispatchable capacity from flexible loads and storage by 2030, while adopting a conservative 20GW estimate for grid enhancing technologies and 14GW for clean repowering via generator replacement.

• RMI estimates that energy efficiency measures alone will result in a 53GW reduction in peak demand, contrasting with a DOE projection of 68GW in peak demand savings by 2030 from a combination of energy efficiency and demand flexibility (which includes 15GW from demand flexibility).
• By 2030, RMI estimates approximately 60GW of peak coincident dispatchable capacity can be achieved through flexible residential and commercial demand, behind-the-meter battery storage, and flexible EV load.
• While the DOE suggests full deployment of advanced grid solutions like Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and advanced conductors could unlock 20-100GW of peak demand capacity, RMI uses a conservative estimate of 20GW for its analysis.
• RMI identifies a 14GW opportunity for clean repowering specifically through generator replacement at fossil plants that would otherwise retire, utilizing existing points of interconnection incentivized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

APA

RMI (n.d.). Demand Growth Solutions Methodology Solution Source Notes. https://rmi.org/app/uploads/2024/09/demand_growth_methodology.pdf

Chicago

RMI. Demand Growth Solutions Methodology Solution Source Notes. n.d. https://rmi.org/app/uploads/2024/09/demand_growth_methodology.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rminddemand, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Demand Growth Solutions Methodology Solution Source Notes}}, institution = {RMI}, url = {https://rmi.org/app/uploads/2024/09/demand_growth_methodology.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }