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
Ensuring a durable transition - MIT News At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference, speakers highlighted the need for collective action in a durable energy transition capable of withstanding obstacles
Confronting the AI energy conundrum - MIT News The MIT Energy Initiative #039;s annual research spring symposium explored artificial intelligence as both a problem and solution for the clean energy transition
Power when the sun doesn’t shine - MIT News Form Energy, co-founded by MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang, is incorporating renewables into the grid using their iron-air batteries and research from the lab of MIT IDSS Professor Jessika Trancik
The role of modeling in the energy transition - MIT News At a recent MIT Energy Initiative colloquium, Joseph DeCarolis, the administrator of the U S Energy Information Administration, explained why long-term energy models are not forecasting tools — and why they’re still vitally important