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'Battery' that bottles sunshine could bring a new solar revolution

In an article for NBC News about solar power, Corey Powell highlights Prof. Jeffrey Grossman’s work developing a material for a new chemical heat battery that could release energy on demand. “We’re creating materials that store thermal energy in completely new ways,” Grossman explains.
January 10, 2018 In the media NBC News

MIT: Cheap gas, not renewables, caused nuclear woes

A new study from the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, written by MITEI Researcher Jesse Jenkins, concludes low natural gas prices are the primary cause of nuclear plants' struggles in organized markets — not renewable energy.
January 9, 2018 In the media Utility Dive

U.S. vastly overstates oil output forecasts, MIT study suggests

In this article from Bloomberg, MITEI's director of research Francis O'Sullivan and researcher Justin Montgomery discuss "game-changing" evidence that the U.S. Department of Energy's official forecast may vastly overstate future oil and gas production.
December 6, 2017 In the media Bloomberg

MIT study suggests role of tech is overrated in energy

In an interview with Bloomberg’s Alix Steel, MITEI’s Justin Montgomery discusses his research on oil and technology.
December 6, 2017 In the media Bloomberg

Top energy storage projects driving the sector in 2017

In this article from Utility Dive, MITEI's Jesse Jenkins weighs in on the pricing of Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) solar plus storage facility.
November 28, 2017 In the media Utility Dive

Tesla eyes hurricane-ravaged Caribbean, could shape power grids

Francis O'Sullivan, MITEI's director of research, talks with reporter Emre Kelly about the value of microgrids in increasing resilience to natural disasters. “In places like the U.S. Virgin Islands, it makes a whole lot of sense right now," he says. "They should look to integrate today’s newer technologies and not simply rebuild the old system we had.”
October 1, 2017 In the media USA Today

Eskom’s unsustainable business model in need of proactive reform – Eberhard

In Engineering News, MITEI's Ignacio Perez-Arriaga discusses how changing patterns of electricity use are forcing global power utilities to rethink their "antiquated business models." The article cites examples from MITEI's Utility of the Future study.
September 21, 2017 In the media Engineering News

Chicago group aims to draw more investors to cleantech startups

This article by David Unger in Midwest Energy News describes a novel investment model piloted by the cleantech accelerator Clean Energy Trust (CET). In comparing this new model to traditional venture capital methods, Unger cites a MITEI working paper on investment in early-stage cleantech.
August 28, 2017 In the media Midwest Energy News

Chemical & Engineering News Magazine's talented twelve

In this article from Chemical & Engineering News Magazine, Professor Fikile Brushett of chemical engineering is named one of the magazine’s “Talented Twelve” for his work on electrochemical flow batteries. "The most interesting and important problems exist at the interface of multiple disciplines," he says.
August 25, 2017 In the media Chemical and Engineering News Magazine

Solar eclipse 2017: how the solar power industry is prepping for a huge sunlight blip

In this article from Vox, MITEI Director of Research Francis O’Sullivan discusses the effects of the total solar eclipse on U.S. solar facilities and grid operations, predicting that following the eclipse there will be an “increased focus on ensuring that we have backup that’s more flexible.”
August 9, 2017 In the media Vox

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