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Global investment in wind and solar energy is outshining fossil fuels

In an article by reporter Russell Gold for The Wall Street Journal, MITEI Director of Research Francis O’Sullivan says renewable costs have fallen so far in the past few years that “wind and solar now represent the lowest-cost option for generating electricity."
June 11, 2018 In the media The Wall Street Journal

Japan's decarbonization challenge

MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan says technological innovation will drive the future of energy. Japan must act accordingly in its decarbonization efforts, writes Yoichi Funabashi for The Japan Times.
June 8, 2018 In the media The Japan Times

People must retain control of autonomous vehicles

In a commentary for Nature, Ashley Nunes, Bryan Reimer and Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab discuss how current legislation does not sufficiently account for the risks associated with operating autonomous vehicles. “Policymakers need to work more closely with academics and manufacturers to design appropriate regulations,” they write. “This is extremely challenging because the research cuts across many disciplines.”
April 6, 2018 In the media Nature

Clean power is shaking up the global geopolitics of energy

In an article by The Economist's Henry Tricks, MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan discusses the clean power transition’s effect on energy geopolitics.
March 15, 2018 In the media The Economist

My life in the elusive green economy

MITEI research director Francis O'Sullivan says "we've entered a new era”—one in which clean energy is rapidly transforming the marketplace.
March 7, 2018 In the media Politico

Could cobalt choke our electric vehicle future?

Demand for the metal, which is critical to EV batteries, could soon outstrip supply.
February 1, 2018 In the media Scientific American

A better battery? MIT researchers say discovery could improve storage of energy from wind, sun

MIT researchers have made improvements to liquid-sodium batteries, potentially paving the way for the battery to be used for renewable energy storage, reports Laney Ruckstuhl for The Boston Globe. “Unlike lithium-ion batteries used in cellphones and laptops, the liquid-sodium batteries won’t lose their capacity quickly.”
January 26, 2018 In the media The Boston Globe

Could glowing plants replace light bulbs?

Professor Michael Strano spoke with CNN’s Nicola Davison about his recent work making plants glow. "We're thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the devices that we encounter every day. The things that we make out of plastic and circuit boards -- can we replace those with a living plant?" said Strano.
January 11, 2018 In the media CNN

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