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Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis?

Promising new studies from the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
December 28, 2020 In the media The Guardian

The climate challenges and opportunities ahead

Former U.S. Energy Secretary and MITEI's founding director Ernest Moniz discusses the climate-related challenges and opportunities that the U.S. will face during the Biden administration.
December 21, 2020 In the media The Boston Globe

We already have the technology to decarbonize U.S. electricity

A study by MITEI researcher Patrick Brown and Audun Botterud, a research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Decisions and Information Sciences, has found that U.S. electricity demand can be met with currently available carbon-free technology.
December 15, 2020 In the media Gizmodo

MIT study lays bare why nuclear costs keep rising

Jessika Trancik, a professor of energy studies at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, led a study that examines the increasing construction costs of new nuclear power plants.
December 8, 2020 In the media GreenTech Media

MISTI pilots conversations in energy

The MISTI Career Conversations: Energy program serves as an innovative pivot from international internships to a virtual seminar series.
December 8, 2020 MITEI MIT News

Car access more than tripled in value during early Covid-19

Joanna Moody, the research program manager for MITEI's Mobility Systems Center, discusses a new survey that finds that while cars are expensive and underused, they provide U.S. owners with a sense of security and control.
December 1, 2020 In the media MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter

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