Research developing the renewable, carbon-free technologies required to realize a sustainable future energy system
Transparent aerogels for solar devices, windows
State-level adoption saves money and lives
Combining capture and disposal
Optimizing nanostructures for energy devices
Why including non-carbon options is key
A tool to map cost-competitiveness of coal & renewables
Keys to low-cost, flexible solar cells
MIT researchers explore silicon and beyond
Additional Capacity Value from Synergy of Variable Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
September 2019
Parametric modeling of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from photovoltaic power
March 2019
Toward supplying food, energy, and water demand
February 2018
Research shows that, contrary to accepted rule of thumb, a 10- or 15-year lifetime can be good enough.
MIT Energy Initiative
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Office of the Provost
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research; MIT Energy Initiative
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sloan School of Management
Biology
Materials Science and Engineering
Urban Studies & Planning
MIT Energy Initiative; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Center for Global Change Science; MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Architecture
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change; Sloan School of Management
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society