We are decarbonizing industrial processes—such as steel-making, chemical manufacturing, and cement-making—with electrified thermal and electrochemical processes, combined with novel feedstocks and catalysts.
Preparing for future power needs and conditions
New analysis targets cybersafety
Designing “recipes” using artificial intelligence
The productivity impacts of energy efficiency programs in developing countries: Evidence from iron and steel firms in China
Performance of passive sampling with low-density polyethylene membranes for the estimation of freely dissolved DDx concentrations in lake environments
Harnessing dimethyl ether with ultra-low-grade heat for scaling-resistant brine concentration and fractional crystallization
This battery company from MIT helps factories ditch fossil fuels for cheap renewable power
Electrified Thermal Solutions—a startup with MITEI ties—developed a new “thermal battery” capable of helping power the manufacturing of energy-intensive materials like steel and cement. “We’re talking about massive emissions reductions—to the tune of several gigatons per year of CO2—reduced through this transition,” said co-founder and CEO Daniel Stack SM ’17, PhD ’21, who, as a student, was a research associate on a MITEI-funded energy storage project.
Fusion power still may save the world
When the federal government announced that it would cut funding for an experimental fusion reactor at MIT in 2012, campus researchers responded by developing new fusion techniques. This set the foundation for the creation of MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems, according to CEO Bob Mumgaard SM '15, PhD '15.
MIT Energy Initiative researchers calculated the economic and environmental impact of future ammonia energy production and trade pathways.
