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China Energy Group and Energy Research Institute Staff Members Visit Rocky Mountain Institute for Reinventing Fire: China Project

December 4, 2013

Four members of the China Energy Group and two visitors from China's Energy Research Institute spent two days working together on their joint Reinventing Fire: China project with Rocky Mountain Institute staff members on December 4 and 5, 2013. The project, which builds on the analysis in RMI's Reinventing Fire project for the U.S., aims to combine the research skills of the U.S. and Chinese team members along with the outreach capacity of ERI and the Energy Foundation China to envision a pathway for China to economically meet is energy needs and improve its energy security and environmental quality using the maximum feasible share of efficiency and renewable supply through 2050. The team was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet in Amory Lovins' innovative, passive solar home and to be given a tour of the home by Amory himself.