Quaise Energy wants to repurpose coal power plants into deep geothermal wells by using high-frequency microwaves to melt rock. Quaise Energy, an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) spinout developing ...

Left to right: William Green of chemical engineering, Ashwin Raghavan of mechanical engineering, and Ahmed Ghoniem of mechanical engineering are developing new computer models that will help energy ...

Energy storage is a technology that retains excess energy supplied by a source, particularly by intermittent renewables, for use at a later time. By ensuring a more reliable supply of electricity, ...

This image shows the inside of GMZ Energy's TEG module. When waste heat enters the top of the module, and moves through the semiconductor material (shown here as P and N) to the cooler side, the ...

Take a closer look at the innovations, people, and collaborations that have helped us advance sustainable energy solutions and educate future energy leaders each year.

Left to right: Angela J. Acocella of the Technology and Policy Program, Daniel Cohn of the MIT Energy Initiative, Leslie Bromberg of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and Emmanuel Lim of ...

Diagram depicts the sequence of steps used in the new streamlined process to synthesize perovskite-based materials, deposit them on a substrate to create a thin film, and then analyze the film’s ...

MITEI Energy Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) students are innovative problem solvers who become integral members of the labs in which they work. An Energy UROP provides the chance to ...

Grid resilience evaluation: We sponsor research that directly evaluates or enhances grid resilience. For example, agent-based ...

MITEI's Future Energy Systems Center is an industry research consortium delivering actionable insights for navigating the energy transition based on multi-sectoral analyses of emerging technologies, ...

The convergence of renewable energy intermittency, rising cybersecurity threats, and severe weather risks demands more resilient grid infrastructure. Long-duration energy storage (LDES), which enables ...

The Future of Fuels: Pathways to Sustainable Transportation is a multi-year, interdisciplinary MITEI-led study analyzing promising pathways to decarbonize hard-to-abate transportation sectors such as ...