News and Events

The 2020 MIT Energy Conference organizers.

Annual student-run energy conference pivots to successful online event with short notice in response to the coronavirus.

Podcast: 2020 MIT Clean Energy Prize winners

Nitricity and Harmony Desal on the startup technologies that won the 2020 MIT Clean Energy Prize, the largest and longest-running competition for student cleantech startups.

Evaluating battery revenues for offshore wind farms using advanced modeling

Two research projects receive funding to advance technologies that avoid carbon emissions

Asegun Henry, Paul Barton, and Matěj Peč will lead research supported by MITEI’s Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids with increasing integration of wind and solar energy generation

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

Making better decisions for the energy transition

CERAWeek Conversations · June 16, 2020

MITEI Director Robert Armstrong joins a panel of experts to analyze the energy transition challenge, cross-sectoral approaches to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and a new model to measure their impact.

Low-tech water wand finds contaminated drinking water

Scientific American · May 29, 2020

Researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, including former MIT Tata Fellow Emily Hanhauser, have developed a low-cost water collection device that could enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water.

Nuclear fusion startup gets $84 million to enter new phase

Bloomberg · May 26, 2020

MIT spinoff Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised $84 million dollars in its latest round of funding, putting the company on track for a demonstration reactor by 2025.

Events

Due to concerns over the potential for large gatherings to lead to the transmission of the Covid-19 virus, MITEI is postponing or canceling the public seminars planned through the end of the academic year; any new public virtual events will be listed on our events page. We appreciate your interest in MIT Energy Initiative events and look forward to seeing you at future events. Please contact miteievents@mit.edu with any questions.

Energy Futures

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

Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities

A new framework for learning from each other

A new approach to CO₂ capture

Effective treatment for both exhaust and ambient air

Solar photovoltaics

The benefits outweigh the costs