Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
“Our mission here is to save humanity from extinction due to climate change,” says MIT professor.
“Gold standard” material for generating oxygen from water divulges its molecular mechanisms.
Speakers at MIT climate symposium outline the steps needed to achieve global carbon neutrality by midcentury.
An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and energy density of future batteries.
Fikile Brushett and his team are designing electrochemical technology to secure the planet’s energy future.
Wielding complex algorithms, nuclear science and engineering doctoral candidate Nestor Sepulveda spins out scenarios for combating climate change.
Mechanical engineers rush to develop energy conversion and storage technologies from renewable sources such as wind, wave, solar, and thermal.
MIT symposium looks at the role of advances in storage, solar, nuclear, EVs and more in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
Study of minerals widely used in industrial processes could lead to discovery of new materials for catalysis and filtering.
Novel class of “ionic liquids” may store more energy than conventional electrolytes — with less risk of catching fire.
“Hybrid” cathodes could provide more power for a given weight and volume.
Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing technologies that store, capture, convert, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
A new concept for thermal energy storage involves a material that absorbs heat as it melts and releases it as it resolidifies — but only when triggered by light.