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Time Magazine named Yet-Ming Chiang (Materials Science and Engineering) as one of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business in 2023. Chiang is the co-founder of Form Energy and Sublime Systems.

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) discusses incentives for electrifying the current fleet of vehicles in the United States. “Funding programs that would help turn over the fleet more rapidly makes a lot of sense," she says.

Robert C. Armstrong (MITEI) and Andy Sun (MIT Sloan) contribute to the discussion of intermittent renewable energy sources and energy storage, referencing MITEI's The Future of Energy Storage report.

MITEI Principal Research Scientist Emre Gençer states that massive infrastructure investments may be needed to address the "mismatch" between where natural hydrogen exists and where it could be used.

MIT researchers—including Joseph Checkelsky (Physics)— figured out how to trap electrons in 3D crystals, which could help "develop technology like superconductors, supercomputing quantum bits, and ultraefficient power lines."

Several MIT spinouts and projects—including a solar-powered desalination system and Form Energy’s iron-air battery—were listed in Time Magazine’s 2023 list of best inventions.

President Biden has announced funding for seven regional hubs to produce hydrogen as a part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. MITEI Principal Research Scientist Emre Gençer discusses the potential impact on hydrogen pricing and demand.

MIT startup Form Energy—co-founded by Yet-Ming Chiang (Materials Science and Engineering)—was created with the goal to “develop batteries that were cheap, didn’t catch fire, didn’t need scarce and costly metals like cobalt and lithium, and could produce electricity for a long time.”

Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) discusses the future of nuclear energy in the United States, stating that the U.S. may catch up to China if the new technologies being developed here are technically and commercially successful.

Interim Director Robert Stoner speaks with Boston Public Radio hosts Jared Bowen and Andrea Cabral about the MIT Energy Initiative and no- and low-carbon solutions that could mitigate climate change.

Three quarters of the world's population do not have access to affordable, reliable energy. MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner discusses how to power the developing world: "We need to focus on access."

J. Phillip Thompson (Urban Studies and Planning) co-taught a class at MIT that allowed students the opportunity to work with local officials on identifying federal funds for climate change mitigation and deciding how to use them. "Because if we don't, wealthy communities will go green, and low-income communities will stay brown."