3Q: The socio-environmental complexities of renewable energy
HASTS PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby aims to advance climate justice by minimizing localized burdens of renewable energy implementation.
HASTS PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby aims to advance climate justice by minimizing localized burdens of renewable energy implementation.
Benton Calhoun SM '02 PhD '06 and David Wentzloff SM '02 PhD '07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote monitoring for the industrial internet of things.
An urgent call to confront climate change reverberated throughout MIT Better World (Sustainability), a virtual gathering of the global MIT community.
By 2030, 40 percent of vehicles sold in China will be electric; MIT research finds that despite benefits, the cost to consumers and to society will be substantial.
Researchers evaluate the role and value of long-duration energy storage technologies in securing a carbon-free electric grid.
Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.
New findings may help unleash the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries.
Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications.
By developing electrochemical technologies, he hopes to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
An online symposium explores roles for research universities and outlines the Institute’s efforts to be a testbed for research and policy innovations.
MIT researchers reveal inadequacies in current battery models.
Everactive provides an industrial “internet of things” platform built on its battery-free sensors.
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
Modeling study shows battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.