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

Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization goals

An MIT-led research team studies the role and impact of hydrogen-based technology pathways in a future low-carbon, integrated energy system and finds benefits from co-optimizing hydrogen and power ...
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

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

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

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

MITEI spinout Quaise Energy successfully demonstrates their geothermal energy drilling technology in the field

Quaise Energy wants to repurpose coal power plants into deep geothermal wells by using high-frequency microwaves to melt rock. Quaise Energy, an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) spinout developing ...
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 ...