MIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research ... - MIT News
Nov 18, 2025 · At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference, industry leaders agreed collaboration is key to advancing critical technologies amidst a changing energy landscape.
A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy
May 22, 2025 · 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 …
MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient ...
Jul 31, 2023 · MIT engineers created a carbon-cement supercapacitor that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, the device could form the basis for …
New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy
Jun 9, 2025 · The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron proton beam …
Responding to the climate impact of generative AI - MIT News
Sep 30, 2025 · MIT experts discuss strategies and innovations aimed at mitigating the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the training, deployment, and use of AI systems, in the …
Study: Fusion energy could play a major role in the global ... - MIT News
Oct 24, 2024 · Investigators in the MIT Energy Initiative and the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center have found that — depending on its future cost and performance — fusion energy has the potential …
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Jan 17, 2025 · MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with …
Dec 2, 2024 · Researchers developed a fully integrated photonic processor that can perform all the key computations of a deep neural network on a photonic chip, using light. This advance could improve …
Making clean energy investments more successful - MIT News
Dec 12, 2025 · New research emphasizes the importance of well-validated models and forecasting tools in evaluating choices for investments in clean energy technologies and policies by governments and …
How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future
Nov 24, 2025 · A look at how AI can be used to help support the clean energy transition by helping to manage power grid operations, plan infrastructure investments, guide the development of novel …