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Powering up for a pivotal moment

From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

October 19, 2026 MITEI

Concentrating dawn-to-dusk solar energy

MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation

January 12, 2016 MITEI MIT News

Solar Heat on Demand

MIT researchers seek to simplify daily life by turning the sun's energy directly into heat rather than electricity

January 12, 2016 MITEI MIT Spectrum

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

A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs?

Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency

January 11, 2016 MITEI MIT News

Solid State Faculty Fellowship awarded to Mircea Dincă

Mircea Dincă, principal investigator in the department of chemistry, is the winner of the 2015 American Chemical Society ExxonMobil Solid State Faculty Fellowship

January 11, 2016 MITEI Chemical & Engineering News