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Future Energy Systems Center

Collaborative research with industry in key technology areas to address the energy transition.

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Analyses that shape and influence policy, technology development, and future research.

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Researchers

Carlos Batlle Visiting Scientist
Pablo Duenas Martinez Research Scientist
Randall Field Executive Director, Future Energy Systems Center
Emre Gençer Principal Research Scientist
Howard Herzog Senior Research Engineer
Dharik Mallapragada Principal Research Scientist
Raanan Miller Program Manager, Future Energy Systems Center

Postdoctoral Associates

Vladimir Dvorkin Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Energy Initiative
Edward Graham Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Rahman Khorramfar Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Ruaridh Macdonald Postdoctoral Associate Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Tim Schittekatte Postdoctoral Associate Sloan School of Management
Philipp Staudt Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Energy Initiative

Students

Marc Barbar PhD Student Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Les Gabriel Armstrong Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Youssef Hassan Sayed Shaker Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Serena Patel Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Lelia Marie Hampton Graduate Student Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jack Morris Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Morgan Santoni-Colvin Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program

Alumni

Abhishek Bose Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Scott Burger PhD Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Aurora Edington Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Guannan He Former Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Jesse Jenkins PhD Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Cristian Junge Graduate Student System Design and Management
Nikifar Lazouski PhD Department of Chemical Engineering
Thaneer Malai Narayanan PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Mowry Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Nestor Sepulveda PhD Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Cathy Wang Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Bolun Xu Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative

Recent Publications

Electricity retail rate design in a decarbonizing economy: An analysis of time-of-use and critical peak pricing

October 2022

Electricity distribution concessions in Odisha

September 2022

The Future of Energy Storage

May 2022

Power price crisis in the EU 2.0+: Desperate times call for desperate measures

April 2022

Decarbonization of the Indian electricity sector: Technology choices and policy trade-offs

March 2022

Power price crisis in the EU: Unveiling current policy responses and proposing a balanced regulatory remedy

February 2022

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Recent News

Reversing the charge

Battery power from electric vehicles to the grid could open a fast lane to a net-zero future

Unpacking U.S. climate and infrastructure laws

MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner takes stock of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act, and their potential impacts on the energy transition.

Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future

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