Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions

Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.

MIT News Office • mit
March 4, 2022 ~9 min

First-ever Climate Grand Challenges recognizes 27 finalists

A subset of the finalists will be announced as multiyear flagship projects this spring.

MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2022 ~6 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

Pricing carbon, valuing people

New research suggests ways to optimize US climate policy design for a just energy transition.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Jan. 12, 2022 ~6 min

Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage

A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost.

Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent • mit
Dec. 17, 2021 ~7 min

A tool to speed development of new solar cells

A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new photovoltaic cells.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 9, 2021 ~7 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

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