MIT 2016 energy grads launch careers in research, engineering, and analysis

MITEI Office of Communications

Upon commencement, MITEI honors its Class of 2016 undergraduate and graduate energy students.

Making India's waste streams sustainable

Tata Center for Technology and Design

MIT researchers are developing a decision-support tool to help cities in India sustainably manage the societal and environmental impacts of their waste.

A smart water grid for the Indus Basin

MIT News Office

Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity-building to manage a critical resource.

Researchers discover new way to turn electricity into light, using graphene

MIT News Office

By slowing down light to a speed slower than flowing electrons, researchers create a kind of optical “sonic boom.”

Making cities smarter

MIT News Office

MIT researchers are creating tools that synthesize and collect data so that urban planners can vastly improve the quality of urban life.

Researchers find a way to extend life and improve performance of fuel cell electrodes

MIT News Office

Surface treatment greatly reduces degradation of catalyst material.

MIT sets targets for energy storage to aid renewables

via ClimateWire

Study proposes energy storage technology could be used to sell additional electricity on the grid during times of peak price.

This is how China can live up to its huge wind energy potential

via The Washington Post

The success of wind power in China could depend on a plan to increase Chinese coal plants' flexibility.

Does California shutdown mean the end of nuclear power? Not so fast.

via The Christian Science Monitor

The debate around the closing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., signals a broader conversation around power sources that could be crucial to the nation's energy future.