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Can venture capital ever propel cleantech?

Abhilasha Purwar writes for GreenBiz about key takeaways and predictions from a MITEI report on the adequacy of venture capital and other investment schemes in funding cleantech.
December 7, 2016 In the media GreenBiz

SF clean tech fund is an outlier: it makes money

In assessing the stability of a local venture capital firm focusing on environmental sustainability, Thomas Lee, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, cites MIT Energy Initiative research investigating the causes of investment losses in the clean tech sector.
December 2, 2016 In the media San Francisco Chronicle

People are worried Trump will stop climate progress. The numbers suggest he can’t

Jessika Trancik, an associate professor of energy studies in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, writes in the Washington Post about future U.S. climate policy. She says that "a Trump administration alone cannot halt global progress. Even if U.S. federal policy is diminished, individual states are well equipped to take up the slack."
November 23, 2016 In the media The Washington Post

MIT: Emissions Trading For Transport = EU’s Cheapest Means Of Reducing Transport Emissions

James Ayre reports on the findings of a recent study led by Sergey Paltsev, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. According to Paltsev's study, the EU's best path to reducing emissions by 40% is to expand their existing emissions trading system.
November 23, 2016 In the media Clean Technica

Renewables rising: Global clean energy capacity leaves coal in the dust

Writing for New Atlas, Nick Lavars quotes MITEI Postdoctoral Associate Emre Gençer on the relationship between renewable power capacity and renewable power production. "Due to the variability and intermittency in availability of renewable energy sources," says Gençer, "the installed capacity does not always reflect the production capacity."
October 28, 2016 In the media New Atlas

MIT & Boston Medical Center Are Building a 650-Acre, 60-Megawatt Solar Farm

BostInno reporter Olivia Vanni writes that MIT, Boston Medical Center and Post Office Square Redevelopment Corp. have formed an alliance to purchase energy from a new solar power installation. “The amount of yearly clean energy generated from the project is 146 gigawatt-hours, which could lead to a reduction of 119,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions,” writes Vanni.
October 21, 2016 In the media BostInno

An App to Help Save Emissions (and Maybe Money) When Buying a Car

MIT researchers have found that low-emissions vehicles are the least expensive to drive. Based on their findings, the researchers developed an app that helps consumers evaluate a car’s carbon impact, reports John Schwartz for The New York Times. “Consumers can save money and save emissions at the same time,” explains Jessika Trancik, a professor in MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
September 28, 2016 In the media The New York Times

It May Not Cost You More To Drive Home In A Climate-Friendly Car

Writing for NPR, Rae Ellen Bichell covers new research at MIT that visualizes the carbon footprint and cost of the most popular 125 vehicles in the U.S. Chris Gearhart, director of transportation research at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, calls the study "exciting because it clearly shows how individual choices can make an impact."
September 28, 2016 In the media NPR

Mass. poised to join Calif. among clean energy elite

Writing for Climatewire, Daniel Cusick discusses the “transformational blueprint" Massachusetts is employing to dramatically expand its portfolio of carbon-free electricity such as offshore wind, solar, and hydropower. Massachusetts has a "very innovative set of young and eager people who are looking to deliver change," says MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan on the role of academia in the state's success in clean energy development.
September 28, 2016 In the media ClimateWire

Power anywhere

In an article on the role of batteries in the integration of renewables into the U.S. transportation infrastructure, David W. Smith, writing for Traffic Technology International, consults MITEI's Apurba Sakti. "Renewables are inherently variable in nature," says Sakti, "This is one of the biggest issues we are grappling with as we try to address climate change through higher levels of renewable energy penetration."
September 27, 2016 In the media Traffic Technology International

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