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Preparing for Emergencies with Wind, Solar, Energy Storage, and Microgrids
Resilience is a character trait that is universally admired and respected in people. In recent years, it has also gained attention as a new imperative for infrastructure planning and development. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and other recent natural… View Summary +
Buildings Have Quietly Become the Most Strategic Energy Investment in Europe
At the second State of the Energy Union conference, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič noted the central role of local authorities and the business community in driving energy efficiency in Europe and underlined the Commission’s determination to harness… View Summary +
Utilities Can Get a “LEG” Up with Beneficial Electrification—But Regulators Also Have to be Ready
In a series of blog posts over the last several weeks, RAP has spotlighted the opportunities associated with beneficial electrification—the practice of electrifying appliances and machines that are currently powered by fossil fuels. Embracing beneficial electrification provides a significant opportunity… View Summary +
Beneficial Electrification: A Growth Opportunity
In the first blog post in this series, we observed that rapid power sector transformation presents challenges but also opportunities for utilities. As older, inflexible resources are retired, cleaner, more distributed resources are being deployed by companies and customers… View Summary +
Beneficial Electrification: A Key to Better Grid Management
As highlighted in our earlier post, Beneficial Electrification: Opportunity Knocks for Utilities, the power sector is rapidly transforming. Today’s older, inflexible resources are being retired, the grid is becoming more flexible, resources are getting cleaner and more distributed, and… View Summary +
States will Decide Future of U.S. Energy
With the coming change of administration in the U.S., speculation on the future of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) is running high. During the campaign, the president-elect made his views on climate change—it’s a hoax perpetrated by China—perfectly clear; and,… View Summary +
特朗普来了，而美国将继续能源转型
本周五美国将迎来新一届政府，与此同时，关于美国《清洁电力计划》（Clean Power Plan，简称CPP… View Summary +
实行排放绩效标准: 提高环境效益，助力中国电力市场转型
中国“十三五”规划（以下简称“规划”）的电力行业规划中，重申并加强了以前对建立电力市场和有序放开发用电计划的承诺。中国政府还致力于进一步减少空气污染，降低温室气体排放，其目标是到2020年将京津冀PM2.5排放量减少25％。规划提出了每年6.5％的GDP增长目标，增加服务业对经济的贡献率，并在未来的15年里，减少单位 GDP能耗。与此同时，中国决策部门正在解决… View Summary +
Beneficial Electrification: Opportunity Knocks for Utilities
It is increasingly apparent that power sector transformation isn’t happening in the future; it’s occurring now. Already, resources are cleaner and more distributed, previously docile customers are actively seeking opportunities to save, consume, and even produce energy in new ways,… View Summary +
Emissions Performance Standard Could Improve Environmental Outcomes and Complement China’s Electricity Market Transition
The electricity sector components of China’s 13th Five Year Plan reaffirm and strengthen previous commitments to establish electricity markets and to eliminate the generation quota system. The Chinese government has also committed to further reducing air pollution and… View Summary +