Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions.
Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference.
A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.
The MIT Energy Initiative and a consortium of Taiwanese companies are exploring how Taiwan can secure its energy future as the world transitions away from fossil fuels.
Experts in energy systems modeling and fusion technology explore the future role of fusion at various costs and carbon constraints.
One of the largest MIT clubs sees itself as “the umbrella of all things related to energy and climate on campus.”
MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions.
MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.
MIT researchers show a promising plan for using clean-burning hydrogen in place of the diesel fuel now used in most freight-transport trucks.
At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta says systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global emissions goals.
At the 2024 MIT Energy Iniative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future.
In his new role, the professor of chemical engineering plans to speed up the consensus process among academics, business leaders, and policymakers for a successful energy transition.
With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition.