Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full potential.
Members of Wyoming’s government and public university met with MIT researchers to discuss climate-friendly economic growth.
“Our mission here is to save humanity from extinction due to climate change,” says MIT professor.
Through innovation in software and hardware, researchers move to reduce the financial and environmental costs of modern artificial intelligence.
Annual student-run energy conference pivots to successful online event with short notice in response to the coronavirus.
PhD student Jessica Varner traces the way synthetic building materials have transformed our environment.
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
In the Chinese city of Chengdu, one-third of ride-sharing might replace public transit trips.
MIT students explore algal water purifiers, programmable soil bacteria, and other biological engineering approaches to food and water security.
New method for producing thermoset plastics allows them to be broken down more easily after use.
As the air cleared after lockdowns, solar installations in Delhi produced 8 percent more power, study shows.
MIT’s Office of Sustainability puts lessons of resiliency into practice.
Researchers design an effective treatment for both exhaust and ambient air.
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative and multinational mining company Vale bring sustainability education to young engineering professionals in Brazil.