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Carbon Bubble Could Cause Unexpected Crash In Global Economy

Macroeconomic simulations reveal that rates of technological change in energy efficiency and renewable power are likely to cause an unexpected decrease in demand for fossil fuels, possibly triggering a global financial crisis.

5 Jun 2018

New Equation Predicts Best Materials for Single-Atom Catalysts for Producing Hydrogen

Xiao Cheng Zeng and his team have identified various neglected factors that are crucial for the performance of single-atom catalysts - individual atoms, normally metallic and anchored by adjacent molecular frameworks, initiating and speeding up chemical reactions.

17 May 2018

Tokyo’s IHI Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

With sights set on global greenhouse gas reduction, Tokyo's IHI Corporation has joined the MIT Energy Initiative. IHI, a global engineering, construction, and manufacturing company, recently signed a three-year membership agreement with MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

16 May 2018

Stanford Team Creates Water-Based Battery to Store Wind and Solar Energy

Researchers at Stanford have built a water-based battery that is capable of providing an inexpensive way to store solar or wind energy produced when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining so it can be fed back into the electric grid and be redistributed when there is a high demand.

2 May 2018

Research Shows Benefits of Pairing Renewable Resources with Flexible Nuclear Operation

In the Southwestern United States, the country's sunniest region, sunlight can shine down for up to 14 hours a day. This makes the location ideal for implementing solar energy — and the perfect test-bed for MIT Energy Initiative researcher Jesse Jenkins and his colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory to model the benefits of pairing renewable resources with more flexible operation of nuclear power plants.

26 Apr 2018

Business Concepts Developed for Energy-Efficient District Planning

District energy solutions were analyzed by Mari Hukkalainen, a Senior Scientist at VTT. She collaborated with a team to develop a tool for realizing an energy-efficient district planning to offer benchmarking information for decision-makers, paving the way for business opportunities.

20 Apr 2018