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How inaction on climate change puts America's economy at risk

In an article for The Hill, Prof. Valerie Karplus highlights the economic risks of ignoring the emerging market for clean energy. Karplus writes that, “abandoning the fight against climate change…will take away U.S. jobs.”
May 22, 2017 In the media The Hill

Renewable Energy Breaks Records in 2016

Steve Baragona, writing for VOA, interviews MITEI research director Francis O'Sullivan on the increasing role of renewables in new energy facilities.
April 7, 2017 In the media VOA

A Low-Tech Approach To Energy Storage: Molten Metals

Bruce Gellerman of WBUR spotlights Ambri, an MIT startup co-founded by Prof. Donald Sadoway and alumnus David Bradwell that creates liquid metal batteries. Ambri’s “molten metal technology is at the cutting edge of the emerging energy storage industry,” writes Gellerman.
March 28, 2017 In the media WBUR

Illinois effort to help policymakers understand emerging grid technology

David Unger, writing for Midwest Energy News, discusses Illinois' statewide effort to help policymakers understand emerging grid technology and MITEI's recent report on regulatory frameworks for electric utilities.
March 28, 2017 In the media Midwest Energy News

BBC Radio's "Costing the Earth" Interviews Ernest Moniz

Tom Heap of BBC Radio interviews former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on climate science and the Trump administration (listen at 18:12).
March 23, 2017 In the media BBC Radio

Trump administration's 'anti-scientific statements' alarm ex-energy secretary

Alan Yuhas of The Guardian reports that Prof. Ernest Moniz, who recently returned to MIT, finds the current administration’s “anti-scientific” comments worrying. “If we’re not going to have fact-based discussions it’s very, very difficult to have an informed electorate and informed opinions,” says Prof. Moniz.
March 20, 2017 In the media The Guardian

Why The Energy Industry Needs To Support The Clean Energy Revolution

Writing for Fortune, Ignacio Galán, Chairman and CEO of Iberdrola, a co-sponsor of MITEI's Utility of the Future study, discusses what the study's findings could mean for the future of energy.
March 6, 2017 In the media Fortune

New AAAS president emphasizes making the case for science

Michaela Jarvis, writing for Science, reports on former MIT President Susan Hockfield's new appointment as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) president.
February 24, 2017 In the media Science

A world turned upside down

The Economist interviews MITEI director of research Frank O'Sullivan on renewables' disruption of traditional utilities and the future of the electric grid.
February 23, 2017 In the media The Economist

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