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Rocky Mountains Institute book boosts DG. (News).(published new book called Small Is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size)(Brief Article)

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SNOWMASS, CO -- The Rocky Mountain Institute published a new 398-page book called Small Is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size. The book is directed to the electric power industry and is intended as an explanation of why appropriately sizing (and siting) electrical production can be more profitable than building large, centrally located power plants.

Small Is Profitable lists 207 ways in which the size of electrical resources--devices that make save, or store electricity--affects their economic value. It finds that properly considering the economic benefits of ...

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