3 Questions: The future of the electric utility
MIT Energy Initiative Director of Research Francis O’Sullivan reflects on current trends in the utility industry, as well as potential solutions to current challenges.
Iberdrola and MIT Energy Initiative announce $10.3 million collaboration
Funding will establish MIT professorship and support low-carbon energy and climate initiatives.
Becky Romatoski: Reducing risk in next-generation reactors
Nuclear science and engineering graduate student Becky Romatoski analyzes range of uncertainties in MIT’s salt-cooled nuclear reactor project.
MIT Technology and Policy Program’s Best Thesis for 2017 maps out a clean energy future for India
Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions.
Sustainability Connect 2017 brings MIT together to balance needs of the present and future
Third annual conference explores innovation, social justice, and the Institute as a living lab for sustainability.
Zach Hartwig: Applying diverse skills in pursuit of a fusion breakthrough
Newly-appointed Assistant Professor Zach Hartwig's mission is to use nuclear technology to benefit society and the environment.
MIT opens its energy-use data to the community
Campus energy “dashboard” will provide detailed information to Institute’s faculty, staff, and students.
Microscopic answers to humanity’s looming questions about food, water, and energy
Chemistry alumni and friends enjoy an evening of food, drink, and talks by Associate Professor Mircea Dincă and Assistant Professor Gabriela Schlau-Cohen.
Solstice wins MIT Clean Energy Prize with efficient metering for developing nations
Technology will give Nigerian households greater control over energy consumption.
ENN Group becomes MIT Energy Initiative member to advance energy storage technologies
ENN Group, one of China’s largest private energy companies, will join MITEI’s Center for Energy Storage Research.
Study from MIT Energy Initiative will explore the future of transportation
“Mobility of the Future” study examines how developments in technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy, and consumer preference will drive transportation changes.
“Virtual batteries” could lead to cheaper, cleaner power
Coordinating smart appliances and electric cars may help balance supply and demand in the power grid.
MIT’s solar plant is delivering on its promises
North Carolina solar farm is up and running, significantly offsetting Institute’s carbon emissions.
3Q: Maria Zuber, daughter of coal country
MIT’s vice president for research describes how growing up in eastern Pennsylvania shaped her views on climate policy.