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Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply-decarbonized electricity systems

MIT Energy Initiative report supports energy storage paired with renewable energy to achieve decarbonized electricity systems

Building consensus on concessions

MIT Energy Initiative leaders are helping to push the conversation on ending energy poverty—including at a recent online conference hosted by the government of Ghana.

MITEI 2021 Annual Research Conference addresses “Getting to net-zero by 2050”

Speakers call for rapid deployment of integrated strategies to meet global energy needs and mitigate climate change.

Investors awake to the risks of climate change

At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Fall Colloquium, finance executive Poppy Allonby laid out the current state of sustainability thinking among the investor class.

MIT Energy Initiative launches the Future Energy Systems Center

New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders, to deploy clean energy advances at scale

Member News

The MIT Energy Initiative and MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program renew collaborations with Ferrovial

Ferrovial is committing $5 million to support low-carbon energy and sustainable infrastructure research at MIT

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

In the Media

Verdox wins $1M XPRIZE carbon removal award along with partner Carbfix

BusinessWire · April 22, 2022

Verdox, an electric carbon capture and removal startup spun out of MIT, was announced as a winner of the $1M XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone award. This XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition is the largest incentive prize in history and the XPRIZE Carbon Removal teams represent the largest collection of innovators working on carbon removal. Phase two of the competition will see an additional $80M distributed among three winners in 2025.

MIT brings together energy giants for new research initiative

Boston Business Journal · April 22, 2022

MITEI's new Future Energy Systems Center aims to find technology-based solutions to climate change, such as systems to capture carbon dioxide emissions, infrastructure for fast-charging electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles, and power-grid options including zero-emission neighborhoods.

Batteries, solar, wind, and hydropower: Why renewable energy is essential to curbing climate change

ABC News · April 20, 2022

Jessika Trancik (Institute of Data, Systems, and Society) discusses the urgent need to transition to renewable energy sources, and how we can build a future powered by alternative energy.

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MIT Energy Initiative launches the Future Energy Systems Center

New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders, to deploy clean energy advances at scale

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