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This RMI report provides a roadmap for decarbonizing shipping fuels at Washington ports, aiming for catalyst deployment by 2030 and full decarbonization of ocean-going vessels by 2050 through the use of e-fuels and biofuels.

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This briefing by RMI estimates the climate impacts of the transmission provisions within the draft Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA). The analysis finds that the EPRA, in conjunction with FERC Order 1920, would significantly accelerate the expansion of regional and interregional transmission, enabling the deployment of clean energy to meet growing load and displace fossil fuel generation. In a central scenario, the EPRA is estimated to reduce cumulative US grid emissions by 6.5 Gt CO2 equivalent through 2050.

This briefing by RMI argues that battery energy storage systems (BESS) are a cleaner, more flexible, and often more cost-effective alternative to fossil fuel resources for maintaining electric grid reliability. It details how batteries can manage variable renewable energy, provide critical stability services, and support grid restoration, while urging utilities to adopt all-source procurement processes to identify the most cost-optimal reliability solutions.

This guide by RMI explains the role of ammonia (NH3) in the energy transition, detailing its current fossil-fuel-based production, the transition to low-carbon 'colors' of ammonia, and its potential as a zero-carbon fuel for maritime shipping and a carrier for hydrogen transport.

This report provides a technical overview of the climate impact of aircraft contrails and the potential for mitigation through contrail avoidance and rerouting. It emphasizes the need for radical collaboration across the aviation sector to improve atmospheric data, refine prediction models, and integrate contrail management into air traffic operations.

This briefing by RMI explains the chemicals industry's role in global greenhouse gas emissions and its critical importance to the clean energy transition, while outlining the complexities and strategies required for its decarbonization.

This guide by RMI outlines the business case for commercial real estate developers to reduce embodied carbon—the emissions from material production and construction—which accounts for an estimated 11% of global emissions. It presents nine specific investment strategies divided into building-level and corporate-level actions to mitigate transition risks, reduce development costs, and create competitive advantages.

RMI conducted a pre-feasibility analysis in 2023 for a high-capacity coal plant in Indonesia to evaluate retirement and repurposing options. The study found that replacing the plant with solar and storage is the preferred solution, potentially avoiding tens of millions of tons of carbon emissions and generating tens of millions of dollars in free cash flow for equity investors, provided there is adequate land and cheap financing.

This report assesses the potential for 'book and claim' mechanisms to drive the growth of near-zero product markets in the steel and concrete sectors, exploring how decoupling environmental attributes from physical products can overcome supply chain and accessibility barriers.

This report by RMI provides guidance on using Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) as an alternative to traditional cost-of-service regulation (COSR) to better align utility incentives with customer and societal interests, specifically regarding decarbonization, affordability, resilience, and social equity.

This introductory guide by RMI explains performance-based regulation (PBR) as a tool to modernize utility regulatory frameworks to better accommodate renewable energy, distributed resources, and electrification while addressing affordability and emissions.

The 2024 China Power Market Outlook describes the ongoing transformation of China's power sector, focusing on the shift toward renewable energy and the evolution of market-oriented systems following reforms initiated in 2015.

This executive summary, based on the report 'X-Change: The Race to the Top', analyzes the global competition between China, Europe, and the United States to lead the energy transition. It highlights China's current dominance in cleantech manufacturing, innovation, and electrification, while noting that the United States and Europe are beginning to increase their investments to catch up.

This case study by RMI details a pre-feasibility analysis conducted in 2023 for a representative coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. The analysis evaluated four scenarios for accelerated retirement and repurposing—including early retirement without repurposing, early retirement with clean energy repurposing, and biomass co-firing—to determine their financial, technical, and climate impacts for investors, utilities, and the electricity system.

This guide by RMI introduces Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) as a regulatory approach for electric utilities designed to align utility incentives with customer and societal interests. It contrasts PBR with traditional cost-of-service regulation (COSR), which the document argues creates perverse incentives such as 'gold plating' and 'capex bias' that hinder the clean energy transition. The guide details various PBR tools—including revenue decoupling, multi-year rate plans, and performance incentive mechanisms—and provides a framework for moving from incremental to comprehensive PBR reform.

This report outlines a roadmap for implementing distributed green ammonia (DGA) in Minnesota to address the climate impact of ammonia production (over 1% of global GHG emissions) and the vulnerabilities of centralized supply chains. It identifies Minnesota as a strategic starting point due to high fertilizer costs and consumption, suggesting the state could pioneer a shift toward localized production in the US Midwest and nationwide.

The Rocky Mountain region (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) has the infrastructure and feedstocks to support a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry but currently lacks substantial production. This report provides a roadmap to bridge these supply gaps and align with the US SAF Grand Challenge.

This case study examines a results-based loan incentive used to accelerate the retirement of units 14 and 15 of the Tocopilla coal plant in Chile. In 2021, IDB Invest and Engie Energia Chile (EECL) closed a deal to finance the 151 MW Calama wind farm, utilizing a blended finance package that reduced the interest costs for EECL based on the volume of carbon emissions abated through the early decommissioning of the coal units.

In 2022, Starwood Energy Group accelerated the retirement of the Logan and Chambers coal plants in New Jersey by 30 months. This was achieved through a three-part strategy: renegotiating PPAs with Atlantic City Electric to save ratepayers $30 million, refinancing $200 million in debt via MetLife to fund the transition, and planning the redevelopment of the sites into grid-scale battery storage (876 MWh and 960 MWh). The move is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 3.9 million tons.