To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it
Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.
MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Decarbonization amid global crises
At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, Philip R. Sharp highlighted dramatic steps the U.S. government has recently taken to combat climate change.
A breakthrough on “loss and damage,” but also disappointment, at UN climate conference
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire.
Reversing the charge
Battery power from electric vehicles to the grid could open a fast lane to a net-zero future.
3 Questions: Robert Stoner unpacks US climate and infrastructure laws
MIT Energy Initiative deputy director takes stock of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, and their potential impacts on the energy transition.
Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises
MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.
A better way to tell which species are vulnerable
New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.
Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health
New MIT tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits.
Finding community in high-energy-density physics
Graduate student Skylar Dannhoff discovers the collaborative world of fusion research.
3 Questions: Blue hydrogen and the world’s energy systems
Research Scientist Emre Gençer describes natural gas–based hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage, and the role hydrogen will play in decarbonizing our energy systems.
Processing waste biomass to reduce airborne emissions
MIT spinoff Takachar converts agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel, and wins Earthshot Prize.
3 Questions: Janelle Knox-Hayes on producing renewable energy that communities want
New position paper calls for getting stakeholders involved in wind power projects from the start.
Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products
Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.
Designing zeolites, porous materials made to trap molecules
MIT engineers are controlling pore openings for maximum molecule capture.
A new concept for low-cost batteries
Made from inexpensive, abundant materials, an aluminum-sulfur battery could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources.