In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is…
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Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition
The winner of this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is commercializing a new water desalination technology.…
MIT Climate “Plug-In” highlights first year of progress on MIT’s climate plan
In a combined in-person and virtual event on Monday, members of the three working groups established…
MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education…
Material designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The winner of this year’s Water Innovation Prize is a company commercializing a material that could…
Engineers enlist AI to help scale up advanced solar cell manufacturing
Perovskites are a family of materials that are currently the leading contender to potentially replace today’s…
Architecture isn’t just for humans anymore
In a rural valley of northwestern Nevada, home to stretches of wetlands, sagebrush-grassland, and dozens of…
Finding the questions that guide MIT fusion research
“One of the things I learned was, doing good science isn’t so much about finding the…
Norwegian marine tech raised over €3M on its mission to enable the green revolution on the water.
Oslo-based startup SES-X Marine Technologies has raised over 3 million euros (NOK 30M) in an equity…