Expanding energy access in rural Lesotho
MIT alumni-founded OnePower is building minigrids to power villages across the small, mountainous country.
MIT alumni-founded OnePower is building minigrids to power villages across the small, mountainous country.
MIT Energy Initiative report supports energy storage paired with renewable energy to achieve clean energy grids.
Perovskite materials would be superior to silicon in PV cells, but manufacturing such cells at scale is a huge hurdle. Machine learning can help.
The design could someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid, researchers say.
Power flowing both ways across the border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050.
Annual student-led conference looks at prospects for decarbonizing some of the most difficult industries, including aviation and cement production.
A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency.
Thirty-six million people in the U.S. use an energy system developed by a handful of activists in the 1990s. An MIT scholar examines this unusual story.
Passive solar evaporation system could be used to clean wastewater, provide potable water, or sterilize medical tools in off-grid areas.
Loci Controls, founded by two MIT alumni, helps landfill operators capture more of the potent greenhouse gas.
MIT Energy Initiative edX course asks students to rethink how we operate power systems.
New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders to deploy clean energy advances at scale.
A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new photovoltaic cells.
Researchers make the case for a semisolid electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar power.
Ultrastable and made of inexpensive, nontoxic elements, chalcogenide perovskites could find applications in solar cells, lighting, and more.