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- Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications
- Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage - MIT News
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, according to a new model from MIT researchers
- 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 for crude oil fractionation
- A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
Now Alsym Energy has developed a nonflammable, nontoxic alternative to lithium-ion batteries to help renewables like wind and solar bridge the gap in a broader range of sectors The company’s electrodes use relatively stable, abundant materials, and its electrolyte is primarily water with some nontoxic add-ons
- New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy
Fusion energy has the potential to enable the energy transition from fossil fuels, enhance domestic energy security, and power artificial intelligence Private companies have already invested more than $8 billion to develop commercial fusion and seize the opportunities it offers An urgent challenge, however, is the discovery and evaluation of cost-effective materials that can withstand
- Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful clean . . .
Transforming fusion from a scientific curiosity into a powerful clean energy source Driven to solve hard problems, Associate Professor Zachary Hartwig is advancing a new approach to commercial fusion energy
- The multifaceted challenge of powering AI - MIT News
The sudden need for more data centers to power AI presents a massive challenge to the technology and energy industries, government policymakers, and everyday consumers Researchers at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) are exploring multiple facets of this problem
- Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT - MIT News
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 channel campus community input to drive work forward
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