Women’s impact in clean energy is growing worldwide
MIT symposium highlights women’s increasing leadership in energy research, industry and government.
Double the benefits: clean energy also saves water
NREL-MIT study shows an 80 percent renewable energy standard cuts water use in half.
Powering the Chinese dragon
China Light and Power’s Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.
How to kick-start new energy technologies
Three-year study produces proposals for boosting energy innovation to meet growing demand, curb global warming.
Chu: New materials could be transformative
Citing historical examples, U.S. secretary of energy argues that the nation can still regain its manufacturing leadership.
IPC Forum on Energy Innovation
New ways of developing clean, reliable, affordable U.S. energy supplies
‘Conserve, conserve, conserve’
A megawatt saved is better than a megawatt made, and there are plenty of ways to save energy without sacrifice.
Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leaf
There are many sources that can make a contribution to our energy supply, but likely not at a major scale in the near future.
Shining brightly
Vast amounts of solar energy radiate to the Earth constantly, but tapping that energy cost-effectively remains a challenge.
Where the wind blows
How far can wind power go toward reducing global carbon emissions from electricity production?
What can make a dent?
Given the enormous scale of worldwide energy use, there are limited options for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Everybody’s a winner
Automatic window-shading invention tops a strong field of entries in materials competition.
New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt
Significant advance in battery architecture could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage.
Teaching algae to make fuel
New process could lead to production of hydrogen using bioengineered microorganisms.