Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage - MIT News
Apr 10, 2025 · Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, …
New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy
Jun 9, 2025 · The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron …
Recovering from the past and transitioning to a better energy …
Jun 10, 2025 · As part of an MIT Energy Initiative seminar, Emily A. Carter, a professor at Princeton University, explained the importance of climate change mitigation in the energy …
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Jan 17, 2025 · MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy
May 22, 2025 · 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 …
Ensuring a durable transition - MIT News
Nov 15, 2024 · At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference, speakers highlighted the need for collective action in a durable energy transition capable of withstanding obstacles.
Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful …
Dec 11, 2024 · Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful clean energy source Driven to solve hard problems, Associate Professor Zachary Hartwig is advancing a new …
Unlocking the secrets of fusion’s core with AI-enhanced …
Feb 18, 2025 · AI-enhanced simulations are helping researchers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center decode the turbulent behavior of plasma inside fusion devices like ITER, …
The role of modeling in the energy transition - MIT News
Jan 7, 2025 · At a recent MIT Energy Initiative colloquium, Joseph DeCarolis, the administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, explained why long-term energy models are not …
Power when the sun doesn’t shine - MIT News
Feb 29, 2024 · Form Energy, co-founded by MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang, is incorporating renewables into the grid using their iron-air batteries and research from the lab of …