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Affordable high-tech windows for comfort and energy savings

MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions.

MIT Energy Initiative releases new report examining potential of fusion in future power systems
MIT Energy Initiative Energy UROP students hone science communication skills with expanded summer programming
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Future Energy Systems Center funds ten new energy research projects

The selected projects will address grid and infrastructure resiliency, electric vehicle adoption, energy storage investment, and more

More durable metals for fusion power reactors

MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

Going Dutch

MIT students get first-hand view of climate-proofing the Netherlands

MITEI’s Future Energy Systems Center launches 12 new projects to accelerate the energy transition

At their Spring Workshop, the Center kicked off a new set of energy projects, with topics ranging from optimizing energy storage to transporting hydrogen energy.

MIT Energy Initiative awards Seed Fund grants to six early-stage energy projects

From decarbonizing chemical processes to developing new types of batteries, the winning projects of this annual award aim to develop solutions targeting net-zero emissions.

Charging ahead

MIT senior Elaine Liu calculates how renewables and EVs impact the grid

Systemic sustainability

At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resources Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta makes the case that systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global goals for greenhouse gas emissions.


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