At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference, industry leaders agreed collaboration is key to advancing critical technologies amidst a changing energy landscape.
The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron proton beam irradiation, advancing fusion energy, nuclear power, and clean energy research at MIT.
New research emphasizes the importance of well-validated models and forecasting tools in evaluating choices for investments in clean energy technologies and policies by governments and companies.
The University of Chicago Chronicle: Roland Winston, pioneer in solar energy, engineering and physics, 1936–2025
Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...
Geothermal energy, a clean, continuous energy source accessible in many locations, has been slow to catch on. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans made extensive use of geothermal energy — heat from the Earth — including at the spa complex at present-day Bath, England. Electricity was first produced from geothermal sources in the early 1900s in Italy. In the United States, the Geysers ...
A look at how AI can be used to help support the clean energy transition by helping to manage power grid operations, plan infrastructure investments, guide the development of novel materials, and more.
MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium gathered experts to explore opportunities for next-generation geothermal energy for firm power.
MIT engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.
MIT Energy Initiative researchers calculated the economic and environmental impact of future ammonia energy production and trade pathways.
Next-generation geothermal energy: Promise, progress, and challenges Geothermal innovators at MIT and elsewhere are seeking deeper and hotter rocks to generate electricity at scale.
Founded by a team from MIT, Lamarr.AI utilizes drones, thermal imaging, and AI to identify energy waste and structural issues in buildings and recommend retrofits.
Concern for the environment is growing among U.S. households, and so are energy costs. In response, more home builders and remodelers are adopting green building practices to reduce utility bills and ...
Colorado Public Radio: Colorado launches new building code designed to encourage efficient, all-electric homes
Colorado has officially adopted a new building code designed to make homes and offices more climate-friendly without further inflating the state's high cost of living. The Colorado Energy Office ...
Our homes are supposed to keep us warm and dry – but all too often they’re letting warmth leak out and increasing our already sky-high energy bills. Energy-efficiency measures are what’s needed to ...