energy.mit.edu

Addressing the AI/data center challenge

Can artificial intelligence (AI) help reduce energy use and improve efficiency faster than the rate at which it consumes electricity to get trained and deployed? MITEI Principal Research Scientist ...
energy.mit.edu

3 Questions: Why infrastructure is entering a defining era

For centuries, infrastructure has evolved alongside technology. New materials and engineering techniques enabled taller buildings, longer bridges, and larger cities. Computing and digital technologies ...
energy.mit.edu

Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing

Researchers have produced a working optoelectronic chip that computes electronically but uses light to move information. The chip has 850 optical components and 70 million transistors, which, while ...
energy.mit.edu

Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling

A team at MIT has found an unexpected discovery about water: Inside the tiniest of spaces — in carbon nanotubes whose inner dimensions are not much bigger than a few water molecules — water can freeze ...
energy.mit.edu

Joseph Minervini appointed as assistant director of Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Senior research engineer and division head Joseph Minervini, will serve as assistant director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), effective Nov. 1. He joins PSFC leadership, including ...
energy.mit.edu

MIT alumnus’ thermal battery helps industry eliminate fossil fuels

Antora Energy has developed a low-cost, highly efficient thermal battery that stores electricity produced by wind and solar generators as heat, allowing manufacturers and other energy-hungry ...
energy.mit.edu

Straight from the cow’s mouth

Associate Professor Desirée Plata and her team are developing technologies and strategies for reducing emissions of methane, a short-lived gas with a disproportionate effect on near-term atmospheric ...
energy.mit.edu

A new approach to CO2 capture

Sahag Voskian SM ’15, PhD ’19 (left) and Professor T. Alan Hatton have developed an electrochemical cell that can capture and release CO 2 with just a small change in voltage. Others have investigated ...
energy.mit.edu

Flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage

Associate Professor Fikile Brushett (left) and Kara Rodby PhD ’22 have demonstrated a modeling framework that can help guide the development of flow batteries for large-scale, long-duration ...
energy.mit.edu

Energy Studies Minor alumni: Where are they now?

The vision of a sustainable, renewable energy future inspires the work of Energy Studies Minor alumna Maria Tou. She is currently pursuing a PhD at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. I’m working on my PhD in ...
energy.mit.edu

The role of fusion energy in a decarbonized electricity system

The role of fusion energy in a decarbonized electricity system September 12, 2024 Final report ...
energy.mit.edu

Using nature’s structures in wooden buildings

This photo shows some of the proposed tree forks in the researchers’ inventory. Their goal is to support the so-called circular economy of materials, an approach to sustainability that calls for ...