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Donald Sadoway (Materials Science and Engineering) and a team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a new type of battery made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials.

The Boston Globe covers the work of Donald Sadoway (Materials Science and Engineering), who has invented a new battery that is "ethically sourced, cheap, effective, and can’t catch fire."

Donald Sadoway (Materials Science and Engineering) and a team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a new type of battery made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials.

The U.S. Department of Energy has granted funding to the MIT Energy Initiative, Core Power, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study. The study will look into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the United States.

Last month, California banned the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035. MITEI Director Robert Armstrong comments on the need to diversify the U.S. battery supply chain for electric vehicles.

President Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax credits for electric cars and efficient homes, and also incentivizes pulling carbon emissions from the air. MITEI's Howard Herzog speaks with NPR about the new law's provision concerning carbon capture.

Research led by Michael Howland (Civil and Environmental Engineering) shows that coordinating the orientation of turbines on a wind farm can reduce the wake effect and boost energy production.

MITEI Deputy Director for Policy Christopher Knittel joins the Marketplace Business News Podcast to discuss “crack spread”—the difference between the cost of crude oil and the cost to refine it.

Clean energy projects have slowed down this year despite projected growth. John Reilly, co-director emeritus at MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, notes that tax-credit deadlines last year could have incentivized companies to front-load their deployment efforts.

In the wake of President Biden’s visit to the former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, MITEI Deputy Director for Policy Christopher Knittel joins Dan Rea on NightSide to discuss the transition to new energy.

On an episode of "This Old House," home technology expert Ross Trethewey visits MIT.nano to speak with Vladimir Bulović (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) about the future of solar technology.