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MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges...
On April 11, 2022, MIT announced the five flagship projects selected in its first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition. These multiyear projects will define a dynamic research agenda focused on...
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Several years ago, Christopher Knittel’s father, then a math teacher, shared a mailing he had received at his high school. When he opened the packet, alarm bells went off for Knittel, who is the George...
View Article3 Questions: Antje Danielson on energy education and its role in climate action
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) leads energy education at MIT, developing and implementing a robust educational toolkit for MIT graduate and undergraduate students, online learners around the world,...
View ArticleClimate goals may take longer, but we’ll get there
The Covid pandemic, inflation, and the war in Ukraine have combined to cause unavoidable delays in implementation of Massachusetts’ ambitious goals to tackle climate change, State Senator Mike Barrett...
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Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future
Five speakers at a recent public panel discussion hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and introduced by Deputy Director for Science and Technology Robert Stoner, tackled one of the thorniest...
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Straight from the cow’s mouth
At one of the nation’s largest dairy farms, environmental engineer Desirée Plata and her students wade through the muck of a thousand cattle. Inside the football field–sized barn, some animals sniff...
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MIT engineers devise technology to prevent fouling in photobioreactors for...
Algae grown in transparent tanks or tubes supplied with carbon dioxide can convert the greenhouse gas into other compounds, such as food supplements or fuels. But the process leads to a buildup of...
View ArticleFootnote: Open SESAME, energy career paths, and the war in Ukraine
Energy researcher Ian Miller joins us to discuss modeling renewable energy, living in an active combat zone, energy and its connection to the war in Ukraine, and how he’s helping to deliver aid to...
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How to decarbonize the world, at scale
The world in recent years has largely been moving on from debates about the need to curb carbon emissions and focusing more on action—the development, implementation, and deployment of the...
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No time to spare
“There’s so much work ahead of us and so many obstacles in the way,” said Raisa Lee, director of project development with Clearway Energy Group, an independent clean power producer. But, added Lee,...
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Sustainable Energy System Analysis Modelling Environment (SESAME) is a novel energy analysis and lifecycle assessment (LCA) tool to assess the system-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the...
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