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Balancing performance while transforming as an integrated power business

Equinor U.S. Senior VP outlines how the company leverages its operational expertise to become a broader energy company and continue to evolve within the energy market.

November 9, 2026 MITEI

Is this your car's secret weapon against winter?

MIT researchers have developed a thin, transparent film that can store solar energy for later use

January 25, 2016 In the media BBC

MIT joins global hunt for ways to cut carbon

“History says we can invent our way out of this, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” says MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong in a front-page story in The Boston Globe, on Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s wealth of low-carbon energy research to address climate change and meet global energy needs.

January 23, 2016 In the media The Boston Globe

The high tech of low carbon

MIT researchers join global efforts to find ways to cut emissions

January 23, 2016 In the media The Boston Globe

Light-bulb moment

A bright idea to save a beloved technology from the dustbin

January 20, 2016 In the media The Economist

No more blackouts: How New York is protecting the power grid

MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan discusses broad applications for microgrids

January 15, 2016 In the media Inside Energy

Thomson Reuters announces the world's most influential scientific minds

Citation analysis reveals a who's who of researchers with global scholarly impact

January 15, 2016 In the media Reuters

The frontiers of energy: renewables are essential

MITEI Director Robert Armstrong urges continuous research on more efficient, cheaper technologies

January 13, 2016 In the media Nature Energy

Renewed solar subsidies: A missed opportunity

MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan discusses subsidies making solar energy an economical alternative to carbon-based power generation

January 12, 2016 In the media Center for Strategic & International Studies

This millennial might be the new Einstein

Sabrina Pasterski, a rising star in physics, got her start at MIT with help from Peggy Udden, an executive secretary at MIT Energy Initiative

January 12, 2016 In the media OZY

Forbes 30 Under 30 2016

MIT doctoral candidate and Tata Center researcher Natasha Wright has been named one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Energy

January 5, 2016 In the media Forbes

Electrifying India, with the sun and small loans

Robert Stoner, director of the Tata Center, talks about the future of solar home systems in India

January 4, 2016 In the media The New York Times

8 Tech Breakthroughs of 2015 That Could Help Power the World

Dozens of clean-energy ideas and products debuted this year that could transform how we live

December 29, 2015 In the media National Geographic