--- title: Building the Market for Clean Mobile Power description: The Clean Mobile Power Initiative accelerates the transition to clean mobile power by bringing together industries with shared temporary power needs to create the market conditions needed for solutions to scale. --- [Skip to content](https://www.third-derivative.org/building-the-market-for-clean-mobile-power#main-content) [![logo-dark](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/Atomic_Third_Derivative/logos/logo-dark.png)](https://www.third-derivative.org?hsLang=en) - [Our Portfolio](https://www.third-derivative.org/portfolio) - [For Entrepreneurs](https://www.third-derivative.org/startups) - [Eligibility & Selection](https://www.third-derivative.org/startups) - [How to Apply](https://www.third-derivative.org/startup-application) - Programs & Opportunities - Innovation Cohorts & Partnerships - [Industrial Innovation Cohorts](https://www.third-derivative.org/industrial-innovation-cohorts) - [Future Industries Partnership](https://www.third-derivative.org/future-industries-partnership) - Impact Archive - [Clean Mobile Power Initiative Cohort](https://www.third-derivative.org/clean-mobile-power-initiative-cohort) - [First Gigaton Captured](https://www.third-derivative.org/first-gigaton-captured) - [Cooling Innovations](https://www.third-derivative.org/global-cooling-innovations) - [Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling](https://www.third-derivative.org/passive-daytime-radiative-cooling) - [Insights & Events](https://www.third-derivative.org/insights) - [About Us](https://www.third-derivative.org/about) - [Our Team](https://www.third-derivative.org/team) - [Careers](https://www.third-derivative.org/careers) - Our Partners - [Corporates](https://www.third-derivative.org/corporates) - [Investors](https://www.third-derivative.org/investors) - [Mentors](https://www.third-derivative.org/mentors) # Building the Market for Clean Mobile Power #### What if industries could move beyond diesel — together? ## The Opportunity Across industries, temporary and mobile power remains essential from construction sites and film sets to emergency response. Today, much of that power comes from diesel generators, creating persistent climate, health, noise, and operational challenges. Cleaner alternatives are advancing, but the market needed to deploy them at scale has not kept pace.  #### The technology has matured, but the market has not. ![dieselgen2026](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/dieselgen2026.png) ## Different industries, shared market barriers Battery systems, hydrogen fuel cells, and other clean power solutions provide quieter, cleaner, more flexible alternatives to conventional diesel generators. However, demand for temporary power is fragmented across industries, geographies, and procurement cycles. Manufacturers need greater confidence in future demand before expanding production, while suppliers need confidence before transitioning their fleets. By coordinating across industries, the Clean Mobile Power Initiative can strengthen demand, reduce market barriers, and support investment and deployment. ### Availability Clean equipment can be difficult to source where and when it is needed. ### Infrastructure Charging, refueling, and deployment can be complicated, ### Cost New technologies can carry significant cost premiums.  ### Performance Different applications require the right power, runtime, mobility, and reliability. ## No one can solve this alone [The Clean Mobile Power Initiative](https://cleanmobilepowerinitiative.org/) accelerates the transition to clean mobile power by bringing together industries with shared temporary power needs to create the market conditions needed for solutions to scale. ![diesel gen](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/dieselgen2026%20(1).png) ## From technology validation to market activation [The Clean Mobile Power Initiative’s first phase](https://www.third-derivative.org/clean-mobile-power-initiative-cohort?hsLang=en) demonstrated that clean mobile power technologies can reliably replace diesel generators across many temporary power applications. Building on that work, the initiative is now focused on creating the market conditions needed for broader adoption across multiple industries. The selected sectors alone represent more than $2.5 billion in annual temporary power spending across the United States, Canada, and UK. ![Clean mobile power industries](https://www.third-derivative.org/hubfs/CMP%20Industries%202026.png) ## Building the market ### Bring the market together Connect buyers, suppliers, manufacturers, investors, and technical experts across industries. ### Strengthen demand Explore how coordinated demand and shared specifications can give manufacturers and suppliers greater market confidence. ### Understand shared needs Identify common use cases, technical requirements, procurement barriers, and opportunities across sectors. ### Develop pathways to scale Work collaboratively to identify practical procurement, financing, and risk-transfer approaches that can accelerate deployment. ## Why RMI + Third Derivative **Building a new market requires a trusted, neutral convener** RMI and its global climate tech accelerator, Third Derivative, bring together the technical expertise, market experience, climate technology ecosystem, and cross-industry relationships needed to connect stakeholders across the value chain. As a neutral, evidence-based initiative, the initiative can help organizations share learning, identify common barriers, better understand market demand, and develop practical pathways toward scale — without promoting a single technology or commercial solution. 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