Energy Reads

MIT chemical engineers are speeding up a chemical reaction key to converting carbon dioxide emissions into useful, valuable products. The secret to their success? DNA. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/turning-carbon-dioxide-into-valuable-products Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠⁠⁠https://energy.mit.edu/podca...

Cutting carbon emissions from transportation is essential to any strategy addressing climate change. Decarbonizing Urban Mobility, a first-of-its-kind course offered at MIT, introduces students to the many factors involved in addressing this complex challenge. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/new-class-explores-paths-to-reducing-transportation-emissions Listen to more audio articles:...

What role will blue hydrogen play in decarbonizing the world's energy systems? MITEI Research Scientist Emre Gençer discusses findings from research analyzing the climate impacts of blue hydrogen.  Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/3-questions-emre-gencer-on-the-role-of-blue-hydrogen-in-decarbonizing-the-worlds-energy-systems Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/en...

MIT researchers have demonstrated a new approach to making porous materials called zeolites designed to capture molecules for specific uses, including cleaning up exhaust gases from trucks.  Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/porous-materials-designed-to-trap-molecules Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠⁠⁠https:/...

MIT spinoff Takachar is transforming waste biomass—a major contributor to air pollution—into solid, clean-burning fuel. Winner of the 2021 Earthshot Prize in the clean air category, they estimate their technology could reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by gigatons per year at scale.  Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/mit-spinoff-takachar-processes-waste-biomass-to-reduce-airbo...

MITEI's IAP course "Leading the Energy Transition" connects students with practitioners and experts to inspire new leadership in the clean energy transition. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/lessons-from-energy-leaders Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠⁠https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/subscribe⁠⁠

MIT alum Joy Dunn '08 spent a decade working in aerospace manufacturing at SpaceX before joining Commonwealth Fusion Systems, where she plays a key role in developing a commercially viable fusion power plant.  Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/joy-dunn-08-bridging-careers-in-aerospace-manufacturing-and-fusion-energy-with-a-focus-on-intentional-inclusion Listen to more audio article...

Hydrogen has long been seen as potentially game-changing in the quest for a clean energy future. At MITEI's 2022 Spring Symposium, four industry experts laid out their efforts to produce it at scale. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/making-hydrogen-power-a-reality Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠https://...

There's only one financially solvent utility company in Africa, and it operates under a government agreement called a concession. Learn why utility concessions can be a promising tool to help end energy poverty in developing countries around the world. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/building-consensus-on-concessions Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyrea...

Utilizing digital and computational methods, MIT researchers have developed an approach that enables architects to use discarded tree forks as load-bearing joints in their structures. Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/using-natures-structures-wooden-buildings-0309 Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing list or send us feedback: ⁠⁠https://energy...

At the MIT Energy Initiative's Fall Colloquium, Poppy Allonby, a senior financial executive and the former managing director of BlackRock, laid out the current state of sustainability thinking among the investor class. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/investors-awake-to-the-risks-of-climate-change Listen to more audio articles: https://energy.mit.edu/energyreads Join the mailing l...

Inspired by the MIT community and assisted by his collaborators, postdoc Francesco Benedetti launched a startup to provide innovative technology for energy-efficient, high-performance chemical separations—and won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/francesco-benedetti-building-communities-founding-a-startup-with-people-in-mind Listen to more au...

In a study analyzing California’s power system, MITEI researchers Emre Gençer and Drake D. Hernandez SM ’21 show that hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive alternative to fossil-fuel-based peaker plants or lithium-ion battery arrays for backing up solar and wind. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/making-the-case-for-hydrogen-in-a-zero-carbon-economy Listen to more audio...

Many industries use energy-intensive methods to separate liquids, often because a suitable filtration system is hard to come by. Startup Via Separations has developed a robust membrane that can cut energy use in industrial separations by 90%. Read the article: https://energy.mit.edu/news/via-separations-mitei-spin-off-takes-aim-at-industrial-decarbonization Listen to more audio articles: https://e...