Next-generation geothermal energy: Promise, progress, and challenges The millimeter-wave drilling technology invented at PSFC and being commercialized by Quaise Energy is the highest-profile next-generation geothermal innovation to emerge from MIT so far Millimeter-wave technology uses microwave energy to vaporize rock and could prove to be several times faster than conventional drilling
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 materials, and more
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
Study: Fusion energy could play a major role in the global . . . - MIT News 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 to be critically important to decarbonization and, under some conditions, could reduce the global cost of decarbonizing by trillions of dollars
Making clean energy investments more successful - MIT News 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 companies
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 inexpensive systems that store intermittently renewable energy, such as solar or wind energy