3 Questions: New England’s wholesale electricity markets
Boreas Renewables' Abigail Krich discusses the incompatibility of New England’s electricity market structure with achieving carbon emissions reduction goals.
How to assess new solar technologies
MIT analysis shows when and where advanced photovoltaics would be economic to install.
Keeping the balance: How flexible nuclear operation can help add more wind and solar to the grid
Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems.
Gauging the effects of water scarcity on an irrigated planet
Study projects likely impacts on food prices, bioenergy production, and deforestation.
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.
MIT Energy Conference speakers say transformation can happen fast
New technologies, systems, and business models are rapidly changing the energy landscape, experts attest.
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.
System draws power from daily temperature swings
Technology developed at MIT can harness temperature fluctuations of many kinds to produce electricity.
Undergrads gain experience in energy sector with MITEI member companies
MISTI places MIT students in energy-focused internships abroad.