MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient
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
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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center CEO MBA ''12 Emily Reichert highlights the state government''s unique approach to fostering and keeping clean energy innovation.
Solar Thermal Energy Storage: Salt, Sand, Brine and Electrons
Premier Resource Management (Bakersfield, CA), in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, will develop a 100-kWe demonstration power plant with more than 12
Next-generation geothermal energy: Promise, progress, and challenges
Geothermal energy, a clean, continuous energy source accessible in many locations, has been slow to catch on. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans made extensive use of geothermal
Making clean energy investments more successful
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
Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT
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
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
List of energy storage power plants
This is a list of energy storage power plants worldwide, other than pumped hydro storage. Many individual energy storage plants augment
MIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research
At the MIT Energy Initiative''s Annual Research Conference, industry leaders agreed collaboration is key to advancing critical technologies amidst a changing energy landscape.
How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future
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
Explained: Generative AI''s environmental impact
MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
Study: Fusion energy could play a major role in the global response to
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
Solar thermal energy storage: global challenges, innovations, and
Solar thermal energy storage is considered one of the key technologies for overcoming the intermittency of solar energy and expanding its applications to power generation, district heating and
Thermal Energy storage for solar power plant applications
Solar thermal power plants employ solar radiation as the heat source to produce steam to drive turbines and produce electricity. Solar Thermal Energy (STE), unlike other solar energy conversion
Thermal Storage System Concentrating Solar-Thermal
Thermal energy storage provides a workable solution to this challenge. In a concentrating solar power (CSP) system, the sun''s rays are reflected onto a