A detailed MIT analysis identifies some promising options but also raises unexpected concerns.
As part of the MIT Energy Initiative’s speaker series, the CEO of The Engine explained how to take Tough Tech innovation from idea to impact.
At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.
A new model developed by an MIT-led team shows that liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost option for ensuring a continuous supply of power on a future grid dominated by carbon-free but intermittent sources of electricity.
The selected projects will address data center expansion, building sector decarbonization, climate-resilient power systems, and more.
A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions but also costs across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.
MIT Energy Initiative researchers help shape U.S. regulations intended to spur clean hydrogen production
Providing electricity to power-hungry data centers is stressing grids, raising prices for consumers, and slowing the transition to clean energy.
An MIT study confirms the climate impacts of hydrogen and recommends that leak prevention be a priority as the infrastructure for handling this clean-burning fuel is built.
At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, the administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration explained why long-term energy models are not forecasting tools—and why they’re still vitally important.
MIT study finds that many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” technology and therefore may not bring about the promised reduction in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
In MIT Energy Initiative speaker series, Illinois Congressman highlights the policy measures necessary to overcome existing roadblocks and decarbonize the U.S. economy.
Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference.
Experts in energy systems modeling and fusion technology explore the future role of fusion at various costs and carbon constraints.
CEO of Vineyard Offshore kicks off new MIT Energy Initiative speaker series discussing the challenges and opportunities of offshore wind.
MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions.
