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To combat climate change, do we need the nuclear option?

Jacopo Buongiorno, director of MITEI's Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, says nuclear power plays a key role in the future of energy, as shown in MIT's study, "The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon Constrained World."
September 18, 2019 In the media WBUR

Global renewable energy initiative aims to bring a billion people in from the dark

The Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (GCEEP), an effort from The Rockefeller Foundation with research support from MITEI, aims to to bring electricity to the remaining billion people across the globe who currently live without it.
September 13, 2019 In the media The Guardian

Power forward

MIT Spectrum features MITEI’s interdisciplinary approach to mapping out the future of energy and highlights “The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World."
August 26, 2019 In the media MIT Spectrum

Carbon capture: boon or boondoggle

Howard Herzog, senior research engineer at MITEI, offers his perspective on the feasibility of a new startup's goals.
July 26, 2019 In the media U.S. News & World Report

Can hydrogen become part of the climate solution?

The MIT Energy Initiative’s 2019 Spring Symposium investigates the resurgence of global interest in low-carbon hydrogen.
July 11, 2019 MITEI

Arizona fire highlights challenges for energy storage

Donald Sadoway, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, explains the benefits of battery storage in an Associated Press article about energy storage in Arizona.
June 23, 2019 In the media Associated Press

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