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MIT Study Assesses Opposing Roles of Natural Gas in the Fight Against Climate Change

MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal.

17 Dec 2019

Substituting Lumber for Energy-Intensive Building Products to Reduce Emissions

Substituting lumber for materials such as cement and steel could cut building emissions and costs.

12 Dec 2019

2019 MIT EnergyHack: Hacking Real-World Challenges in the Energy Industry

During the third weekend in November, students from MIT and colleges across the globe convened on MIT's campus to hack real-world challenges in the energy industry at the 2019 MIT EnergyHack.

12 Dec 2019

MIT Symposium Focuses on Decarbonizing the Electricity Sector

The generation of electricity is a huge contributor to the world's emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases, producing some 25 percent globally.

10 Dec 2019

Framework for Assessing Security of Energy System in Transition

According to a new issue brief by a specialist from the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the use of a framework based on vulnerability, risk, and offsets provides critical insights for assessing the security of an energy system in transition.

29 Nov 2019

Aircuity is an Approved Vendor for NYSERDA’s Real-Time Energy Management Program

Aircuity, creator of measurably better environments, announces it has been named a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Qualified Vendor for the Real-Time Energy Management (RTEM) Program.

From Aircuity 27 Nov 2019

Teijin Signs License Agreement with Shanghai Energy to Develop EV Battery Separators

Teijin Limited announced today that it has signed an technical license agreement with Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (SEMCORP) for the manufacture of solvent-based coating separators used in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs).

From Teijin Limited 22 Nov 2019

MIT Energy Initiative Report Offers Pathways to Achieving Sustainable Personal Mobility

In our daily lives, we all make choices about how we travel and what type of vehicle we own or use. We consider these choices within the constraints of our current transportation system and weigh concerns including costs, convenience, and — increasingly — carbon emissions.

19 Nov 2019

New Device for Inexpensively Producing Hydrogen and Potable Water from Seawater

One of the most abundant resources on earth that offers promise as a source of not only hydrogen (preferred as a clean energy source) but also drinking water in arid climates is seawater.

13 Nov 2019

New Photocatalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Conversion by Solar Water-Splitting

Researchers under the guidance of Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center have successfully developed photocatalysts that are capable of changing an efficie...

4 Nov 2019