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SESAME

Evaluating the impacts of the global energy system

New England renewables + Canadian hydropower

A pathway to clean electricity in 2050

Making a remarkable material even better

Transparent aerogels for solar devices, windows

Renewable energy and carbon pricing policies

State-level adoption saves money and lives

Removing CO2 from power plant exhaust

Combining capture and disposal

Quantum dot materials

Optimizing nanostructures for energy devices

Reducing risk in power generation planning

Why including non-carbon options is key

CoalMap

A tool to map cost-competitiveness of coal & renewables

The Future of Solar Energy

Nanowires and graphene

Keys to low-cost, flexible solar cells

Solar photovoltaic technologies

MIT researchers explore silicon and beyond

Publications

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

April 2023

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

March 2022

The hydrogen economy: A pragmatic path forward

October 2021

Related news

The power of beer cans: Boston startup says it can unleash the energy stored in aluminum

Boston Globe

MIT spinout Found Energy has developed a chemical process that turns refined aluminum back into its raw form, generating energy in the process. “Our thesis is that aluminum is the most efficient way to move clean energy around,” states co-founder and MIT alum Peter Godart.
To improve solar and other clean energy tech, look beyond hardware

MIT study finds system deployment processes have been slow to improve over time—but must be addressed to lower clean energy costs in the future.

Embracing the future we need

MIT Sloan Professor Andy Sun works to improve the electricity grid so it can better use renewable energy.

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Paul Barton
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Moungi Bawendi
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Angela Belcher
Angela Belcher
Professor
Department of Biological Engineering
Audun Botterud
Principal Research Scientist, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Fikile Brushett
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Vladimir Bulović
Director, MIT.nano and Professor
Office of the Vice President for Research
Gang Chen
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sallie Chisholm
Institute Professor
Office of the Provost
Olivier de Weck
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Yifu Ding
Post-doctoral Research Associate
MIT Energy Initiative
Alan Edelman
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Xuanlai Fang
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ahmed Ghoniem
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Howland
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Yuin-Jen Hsu
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Jeremiah Johnson
Professor
Department of Chemistry
James Kirtley
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Heather Kulik
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Jennifer Morris
Principal Research Scientist
MIT Energy Initiative
Tomás Palacios
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
John Parsons
Deputy Director for Research
Sloan School of Management
Kristala Prather
Department Head, Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Ronald Prinn
Director and Professor
MIT Center for Global Change Science
Rajeev Ram
Associate Director and Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Christoph Reinhart
Professor
Department of Architecture
Giuseppe Romano
Research Scientist
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Richard Schmalensee
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Paul Sclavounos
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yang Shao-Horn
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Anthony Sinskey
Professor of Biology, Faculty Director of the Center for Biomedical Innovation
Department of Biology
Alexander Slocum
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yogesh Surendranath
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Lawrence Susskind
Professor
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Choon Tan
Senior Research Engineer
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Cemal Tasan
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Triantafyllou
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Troy Van Voorhis
Department Head and Professor
Department of Chemistry
Qiqi Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Guiyan Zang
Research Lead
MIT Energy Initiative

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