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Low-carbon fuels

Projects

Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER)

Chemical reactions for the energy transition

New insights reveal pathways to improvement

SESAME

Evaluating the impacts of the global energy system

Finding novel materials for practical devices

New machine learning technique can help

Understanding how plants use sunlight

Possible pathway to more biomass and crops

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World

Getting the world off dirty diesels

Gasoline-alcohol engines for heavy-duty trucks

Electrochemical manufacturing of methanol from carbon dioxide feedstocks

Converting greenhouse gas into fuel

New catalyst provides design principles for producing fuels from carbon dioxide emissions

Deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel

A new look for nuclear power

Solar photovoltaic technologies

MIT researchers explore silicon and beyond

The Future of Natural Gas

The Future of Geothermal Energy

The Future of Nuclear Power

Publications

The Role of Firm Low-Carbon Electricity Resources in Deep Decarbonization of Power Generation

September 2018

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World

September 2018

The benefits of nuclear flexibility in power system operations with renewable energy

May 2018

Related news

Preparing Taiwan for a decarbonized economy

The MIT Energy Initiative and a consortium of Taiwanese companies are exploring how Taiwan can secure its energy future as the world transitions away from fossil fuels.

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."

The future of hydrogen: DOE and Moniz start setting up a demand market

Forbes

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and founding director of MITEI Ernest Moniz and his Energy Futures Initiative Foundation will head the Hydrogen Demand Initiative (H2DI)—a consortium designed to create an organized market for hydrogen. H2DI includes MITEI, S&P Global, Dentons, and the Intercontinental Exchange.

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MIT Energy Initiative; Department of Chemical Engineering

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