News and Events

Podcast: Energy technology evolution

Gökşin Kavlak and Jessika Trancik from the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society on their work to explain and forecast technology evolution.

3 Questions: Emre Gençer discusses the evolving role of hydrogen in the energy system

Rebate incentives boost BEV adoption and can be cost-effective when paired with a low-carbon electricity grid, new research finds

Reflections from the 2019 UN Climate Conference

MITEI’s 2019 Annual Research Conference highlights “energy at scale” and engagement as levers of decarbonization

Member News

ExxonMobil renews support for MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon research

Company to join MITEI’s Low-Carbon Energy Centers for Energy Storage and Mobility Systems.

MIT and Eni renew collaboration on low-carbon energy research and technologies

MIT Energy Initiative announces new class of membership geared toward energy startups

In the Media

Clean Air: Can Lowering Cost Of Carbon Capture Bring Business On-Board With Climate Change?

KJZZ Public Radio · March 16, 2020

Professor T. Alan Hatton comments on the uses and implications of different carbon capture technologies, and the importance of finding ways to move away from reliance on fossil fuels.

Nuclear energy storage? Advanced reactor developers trying to expand nuclear power's selling points

Utility Drive · March 12, 2020

MIT professor Jacopo Buongiorno comments on the current state of nuclear molten salt reactors.

Utah plans first-of-a-kind 100% renewable hydrogen plant

Energywire · March 11, 2020

MITEI researcher Emre Gençer comments on the use of hydrogen in supplementing intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar.

Events

Energy Futures

Energy Futures is published twice a year, featuring energy research and other energy activities at MIT.

Pathways for sustainable personal transportation

MITEI report identifies need for technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes

Renewable energy and carbon pricing policies

State-level adoption saves money and lives

Manufacturing consumer products

A greener way to make raw materials