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Research on the economics and policy of energy supply, trading, delivery and consumption

MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Valerie Karplus discusses implications of China’s climate and energy policies at an MIT Club of France event during COP21 in Paris. Credit: Emily Dahl / MIT Energy Initiative

Research

State-level renewable energy policies

Strengthening critical public support

Reducing risk in power generation planning

Why including non-carbon options is key

Limiting global warming

More aggressive measures are needed

Investigating carbon emissions in China

Can new policies curtail their growth?

Subsidies for clean energy

Designing incentives for green technology adoption

Publications

Enhanced Decision Support for a Changing Electricity Landscape

November 2017

Jesse Jenkins, Nestor Sepulveda

Business models for distributed energy resources: A review and empirical analysis

October 2017

Scott Burger

A review of the value of aggregators in electricity systems

September 2017

Scott Burger, Carlos Batlle, Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga

News

Study: Adding power choices reduces cost and risk of carbon-free electricity

To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources.

Podcast: Firm low-carbon energy resources

Jesse Jenkins and Nestor Sepulveda of MIT discuss what the future looks like for reducing CO2 emissions in electricity

The future of energy: An interview with Aurora Edington

Energy Fellow Aurora Edington discusses energy storage systems, grid optimization and policy's role in energy issues.

People

Antoine Allanore Assistant Professor

Materials Science and Engineering
Carlos Batlle Research Scholar
Moshe Ben-Akiva Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Adam Berinsky Professor

Political Science
Jacopo Buongiorno TEPCO Professor and Associate Department Head; Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES)

Nuclear Science and Engineering
Richard de Neufville Professor

Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Pablo Duenas-Martinez Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative
Esther Duflo Professor

Economics
Charles Fine Professor

Sloan School of Management
Abbas Ghandi Research Staff

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Howard Herzog Senior Research Engineer

MIT Energy Initiative
David Hsu Assistant Professor

Urban Studies & Planning
Janelle Knox-Hayes Associate Professor

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change; Urban Studies & Planning
Richard Lester Associate Provost and Professor

Office of the Provost
Jing Li

Economics
Dharik Mallapragada Postdoctoral Associate

MIT Energy Initiative
Benjamin Olken Professor

Economics
Sergey Paltsev Senior Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
John Parsons Senior Lecturer

Sloan School of Management
Ronald Prinn Director and Professor

Center for Global Change Science; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
John Reilly Senior Lecturer

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change; Sloan School of Management
Roberto Rigobon Professor

Sloan School of Management
Apurba Sakti Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative
Harvey Sapolsky Professor Emeritus

Political Science
Richard Schmalensee Professor

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change; Sloan School of Management
Nestor Sepulveda

Nuclear Science and Engineering
Lucas Stanczyk Assistant Professor

Political Science
Lawrence Susskind Professor

Urban Studies & Planning
Karen Tapia-Ahumada Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative
Bruno Verdini Lecturer of Urban Planning and Negotiation

Urban Studies & Planning
Christopher Warshaw Associate Professor

Political Science
James Wescoat Professor

Architecture
Jinhua Zhao Assistant Professor

Urban Studies & Planning