3Q: Julie Newman on MIT’s pioneering solar purchase
MIT’s sustainability director describes how 2016 effort has inspired Boston and other cities.
Making nuclear energy safer and more affordable
Galvanized by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasters, PhD student Xingang Zhao envisions a future with safe, efficient nuclear power.
Reliable energy for all
Graduate student Prosper Nyovanie wants to power off-grid communities worldwide with scalable solar electric systems.
IHI Corporation to support MIT Energy Initiative
Tokyo-based IHI will join MITEI’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage to reduce greenhouse gases and advance clean energy.
How to assess new solar technologies
MIT analysis shows when and where advanced photovoltaics would be economic to install.
Deriving a theory of defects
Mingda Li seeks to harness atomic irregularities in materials for improved energy applications.
Gauging the effects of water scarcity on an irrigated planet
Study projects likely impacts on food prices, bioenergy production, and deforestation.
MIT Clean Energy Prize rewards student innovation
Robust batteries, solar refrigeration, UV membrane cleaner, and smart factory technologies take home $140,000 in prize money.
MIT hosts Saudi-U.S. innovation forum
Gathering focuses on spurring new directions for economic development.
From coolants to a carbon-constrained world
An early calling for clean energy propels undergraduate Ka-Yen Yau’s research on the next generation of nuclear technology.
3Q: Zach Hartwig on MIT's big push on fusion
Researchers will work with industrial collaborators to pursue fusion as a source of carbon-free power.
MIT and newly formed company launch novel approach to fusion power
Goal is for research to produce a working pilot plant within 15 years.
A new era in fusion research at MIT
MIT Energy Initiative founding member Eni announces support for key research through MIT Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies.
3 Questions: The future of nuclear energy
Jacopo Buongiorno and John Parsons, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, discuss how to overcome the challenges and realize the benefits of expanding nuclear power.
Integrated simulations answer 20-year-old question in fusion research
Study finds that turbulence competes in fusion plasmas to rapidly respond to temperature perturbations.