Falling costs drive US toward green energy—even as political tides shift
February 13, 2025In the mediaRachel Frazin
Experts expect solar energy generation to continue to expand, even under the Trump administration. Chris Knittel (MIT Sloan) states that low solar costs are “driving a lot of adoption, because it’s just a cheap source of electricity.”
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MITEI Energy UROP Penelope Swain ’29 quantified energy burden across the United States to aid the evaluation of policies incentivizing solar energy and electric vehicles.
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A new way of simulating wind turbines in the field shows how tweaking turbine operation could unlock tens of thousands of dollars per turbine every year.