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Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy

At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.

Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage

A new model developed by an MIT-led team shows that liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost option for ensuring a continuous supply of power on a future grid dominated by carbon-free but intermittent sources of electricity.

Carolyn Ruppel named deputy director of science and technology of the MIT Energy Initiative
MITEI’s Future Energy Systems Center starts 10 new projects to accelerate decarbonization efforts

The selected projects will address data center expansion, building sector decarbonization, climate-resilient power systems, and more.

Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward

A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions but also costs across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.

A tax code boost for a zero-carbon economy

MIT Energy Initiative researchers help shape U.S. regulations intended to spur clean hydrogen production

The multi-faceted challenge of powering AI

Providing electricity to power-hungry data centers is stressing grids, raising prices for consumers, and slowing the transition to clean energy.

New MIT model of climate chemistry finds “non-negligible” climate impacts of potential hydrogen fuel leakage

An MIT study confirms the climate impacts of hydrogen and recommends that leak prevention be a priority as the infrastructure for handling this clean-burning fuel is built.

The role of modeling in the energy transition

At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, the administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration explained why long-term energy models are not forecasting tools—and why they’re still vitally important.

Two absorber units at Climeworks' direct air capture and storage plant, Orca. Technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air: A reality check

MIT study finds that many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” technology and therefore may not bring about the promised reduction in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.