Solar energy farms could offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
Modeling study shows battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.
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Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities
A new framework for learning from each other.
Tags: mit-energy-initiative urban-studies-and-planning climate transportation china energy environment sustainability urban-planning policy economics business research school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences
Study unveils details of how a widely used catalyst splits water
“Gold standard” material for generating oxygen from water divulges its molecular mechanisms.
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A scientist turns to entrepreneurship
After delivering novel computational methods for nuclear problems, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Pablo Ducru plunges into startup life.
Tags: nuclear-science-and-engineering school-of-engineering research graduate postdoctoral energy startups innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie profile nuclear-power-and-reactors sustainability climate-change
Solar farms, power stations and water treatment plants can be attractions instead of eyesores
Are facilities that produce necessities like energy and clean water doomed to be ugly? Not when artists and landscape architects help design them.
May 15, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: renewable-energy solar-power infrastructure design new-york gardens denmark connecticut landscape-architecture water-treatment aesthetics solar-farms
Researchers map tiny twists in “magic-angle” graphene
Results could help designers engineer high-temperature superconductors and quantum computing devices.
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Next gen solar cells can handle 390-degree heat
"Our perovskite solar cells show no thermal degradation even at 200 degrees Celsius (390 degrees Fahrenheit) for over three days..."
Tags: science-and-technology materials-science renewable-energy solar-cells temperature
Both conservatives and liberals want a green energy future, but for different reasons
How should the United States power its economy in 2050? A recent survey finds surprising agreement from Americans of all political stripes.
May 5, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: fossil-fuels oil climate-change renewable-energy energy coal regulation natural-gas energy-prices public-opinion us-energy-policy energy-subsidies
Team develops new way to recycle nuclear waste
About 95% of the starting fuel rod used in nuclear reactors in the US gets discarded as nuclear waste. A new strategy offers a way to recycle it.
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Technique could enable cheaper fertilizer production
Chemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with small-scale, electrochemical reactors.
Tags: research chemical-engineering energy school-of-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf developing-countries agriculture j-wafs mit-energy-initiative
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