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Projects

Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER)

New England renewables + Canadian hydropower

A pathway to clean electricity in 2050

Manufacturing consumer products

A greener way to make raw materials

Removing CO2 from power plant exhaust

Combining capture and disposal

Saving heat until you need it

A new concept for thermal energy storage

Cooling buildings worldwide

Analysis points the way to energy-efficient systems

Quantum dot materials

Optimizing nanostructures for energy devices

Making appliances—and energy grids—more efficient

Conserving energy with the ideal ceiling fan

Cost-competitive electric vehicles that go the distance

Detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models

Advanced modeling and simulation of neutronic and thermal-hydraulic behavior

The Future of Solar Energy

Utility of the Future

Nanowires and graphene

Keys to low-cost, flexible solar cells

The Future of the Electric Grid

Thermophotovoltaics

Enabling efficient energy generation

Batteryless energy harvester

Running electronics on body heat

The Future of Coal

Publications

Clean electricity procurement for electrolytic hydrogen: A framework for determining time-matching requirements

April 2023

Electricity distribution concessions in Odisha

September 2022

Decarbonization of the Indian electricity sector: Technology choices and policy trade-offs

March 2022

Related news

Energy-hungry AI is eating the planet. But is it also humanity’s best hope?

PCMag

MITEI’s Rob Stoner discusses AI’s unsustainable energy consumption. Even with the introduction of renewable energy sources—through the use of power purchase agreements (PPAs)—Stoner states that tech firms are pulling electricity from the grid faster than they can add to it.

Seizing solar’s bright future

With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT-spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition

The pros and pitfalls of hydrogen power, according to MIT energy expert

Boston Public Radio

MITEI's Rob Stoner discusses hydrogen energy and the seven hydrogen "hubs" created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. "[The hubs are] trying to create investment...and at the same time, they're trying to create demand for hydrogen so that will be the basis for buying and consuming hydrogen within a range of industries."

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