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U.S. oil refiners are doing well, even though gasoline prices are down

MITEI Deputy Director for Policy Christopher Knittel joins the Marketplace Business News Podcast to discuss “crack spread”—the difference between the cost of crude oil and the cost to refine it.
August 8, 2022 In the media Marketplace Business News Podcast

U.S. solar and wind projects stalled in Q2. What happened?

Clean energy projects have slowed down this year despite projected growth. John Reilly, co-director emeritus at MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, notes that tax-credit deadlines last year could have incentivized companies to front-load their deployment efforts.
August 1, 2022 In the media Canary Media

NightSide with Dan Rea, “Code red for humanity”

In the wake of President Biden’s visit to the former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, MITEI Deputy Director for Policy Christopher Knittel joins Dan Rea on NightSide to discuss the transition to new energy.
August 1, 2022 In the media WBZ Radio

Future house, emerging solar technology

On an episode of "This Old House," home technology expert Ross Trethewey visits MIT.nano to speak with Vladimir Bulović (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) about the future of solar technology.
August 1, 2022 In the media This Old House

DOE must look beyond lithium for 100% clean grid — study

MITEI Future of Energy Storage study emphasizes need for more types of energy storage to maintain reliability and control cost as electricity grids increasingly incorporate sources of variable renewable energy. “When we get to very high degrees of penetration of variable renewable resources, we're going to need to have long-duration storage technologies that make that last part of decarbonization more affordable,” says MITEI Director Robert Armstrong.
July 6, 2022 In the media E&E News

The Future of Energy Storage, with Dick Schmalensee

Dick Schmalensee (MIT Sloan School of Management) joins Resources Radio to discuss the key takeaways from the recent MIT study on the future of energy storage, along with related insights and implications for current and future policy.
June 27, 2022 In the media Resources Radio

Fact check: Energy costs of wind turbine manufacturing recouped in months

In an article refuting claims that it takes decades to recoup the financial and energy costs of manufacturing wind turbines, Michael Howland (Civil and Environmental Engineering) says that investors wouldn’t fund wind turbine projects if these assertions were true.
June 7, 2022 In the media USA Today

These are the batteries we need to ease the power crunch

In a Washington Post article on the importance of energy storage in decarbonizing energy systems, reporter Anjani Trivedi highlights findings from MITEI's Future of Energy Storage report, including that a focus on short-term policy goals has limited research and development of newer technologies.
June 3, 2022 In the media The Washington Post

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