Nov 15, 2024 · At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference, speakers highlighted the need for collective action in a durable energy transition capable of withstanding obstacles.

Jan 17, 2025 · MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.

Aug 14, 2025 · Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate is working to accelerate research and development toward transformational solutions.

Apr 10, 2025 · Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, according to a new model from MIT researchers.

Nov 4, 2024 · Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER) is a two-year program with the MIT Energy Initiative, exploring ways that industry and government can promote and adopt technologies, practices, and policies that will keep Taiwan competitive amid a quickly changing energy landscape.

Dec 11, 2024 · Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful clean energy source Driven to solve hard problems, Associate Professor Zachary Hartwig is advancing a new approach to commercial fusion energy.

Jan 2, 2025 · Unlocking its secrets could thus enable advances in efficient energy production, electronics cooling, water desalination, medical diagnostics, and more. “Boiling is important for applications way beyond nuclear,” says Bucci, who earned tenure at MIT in July. “Boiling is used in 80 percent of the power plants that produce electricity.

Feb 20, 2025 · After a cyber attack or natural disaster, a backup network of decentralized devices — like residential solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and water heaters — could restore electricity or relieve stress on the grid, MIT engineers find.

Nov 8, 2024 · Phoenix Tailings, co-founded by MIT alumni, is creating new domestic supply chains for the rare earth metals and other critical materials needed for the clean energy transition.

Aug 5, 2024 · MIT School of Science launches MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy with Noelle Selin as the inaugural faculty director. The center combines the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change with the Center for Global Change Science to address climate change, health, energy, and food security challenges.