New England renewables + Canadian hydropower

Power flowing both ways across the border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
April 8, 2022 ~16 min

Chemical reactions for the energy transition

Yogesh Surendranath and his team are bringing powerful techniques of electrochemistry to bear on the problem of designing catalysts for sustainable fuels.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
April 4, 2022 ~12 min


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.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Jan. 24, 2022 ~5 min

An energy-storage solution that flows like soft-serve ice cream

Researchers make the case for a semisolid electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar power.

Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 30, 2021 ~10 min

The reasons behind lithium-ion batteries’ rapid cost decline

A new study finds that investments in R&D on materials and chemistry were key, while economies of scale contributed less.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 22, 2021 ~7 min

Radio-frequency wave scattering improves fusion simulations

By incorporating the scattering of RF waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Nov. 10, 2021 ~6 min

Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization

MIT-led team finds holistic optimization of electric power and hydrogen supply chain infrastructure is favorable for emission reductions and decreased infrastructure costs.

Kelley Travers | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Oct. 21, 2021 ~9 min

MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy

New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 8, 2021 ~12 min


Making the case for hydrogen in a zero-carbon economy

Analyzing California’s power system, MITEI researchers show that hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar.

Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Aug. 31, 2021 ~9 min

Manipulating magnets in the quest for fusion

After decades of plasma physics research, Senior Research Scientist Brian LaBombard is taking on magnets for MIT’s new fusion effort.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
July 20, 2021 ~7 min

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