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Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage

Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources,

Taking the "training wheels" off clean energy

At the 2025 student-led MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.

Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT

As MIT''s first vice president for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang is working to broaden MIT''s research portfolio, scale up existing innovations, seek new breakthroughs, and

Preparing Taiwan for a decarbonized economy

Taiwan''s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER) is a two-year program with the MIT Energy Initiative, exploring ways that industry and government can promote and adopt

A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy

MIT engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed

What''s the best way to expand the US electricity grid?

Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What''s the best way to do this? A new study by MIT

New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy

The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron

MIT Climate and Energy Ventures class spins out entrepreneurs

In MIT course 15.366 (Climate and Energy Ventures) student teams select a technology and determine the best path for its commercialization in the energy sector.

Confronting the AI/energy conundrum

The MIT Energy Initiative's annual research spring symposium explored artificial intelligence as both a problem and solution for the clean energy transition.

Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, space, and

Unlocking its secrets could thus enable advances in efficient energy production, electronics cooling, water desalination, medical diagnostics, and more. "Boiling is important for