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The Energy of the Future: Danielle Knutson

Energy of the Future
Danielle researched the correlation between distributed energy resources (DERs) and characteristics such as population, education, and race to identify underserved areas in California where infrastructure is needed to increase DER accessibility.
September 22, 2026
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Climate Change 2023: The future of heat

MITEI Principal Research Scientist Dharik Mallapragada discusses the role of renewable energy sources like hydrogen and geothermal energy, and how energy storage and electricity retail rates can meet energy demand. 
January 10, 2024 In the media NBC Boston

Robert Stoner on Boston Public Radio Live

MITEI Director Rob Stoner spoke with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan about fusion, energy poverty, and MITEI’s role in combatting the climate crisis at MIT and beyond. 
January 10, 2024 In the media GBH News

With few easy solutions to their climate problem, airlines rethink contrails

MIT researchers are discovering new ways to avoid contrails and minimize their impact on global warming. Florian Allroggen (Aeronautics and Astronautics) states that the exact impact of contrails compared to aviation’s total warming effect isn’t known for certain; regardless, “it’s a big contributor and we need to worry about it.”
January 3, 2024 In the media Washington Post

Scientists convert CO2 into clean fuel

Engineers from MIT and Harvard have developed a method for directly converting greenhouse gas into a stable fuel that can power fuel cells and generate electricity. 
December 20, 2023 In the media ClimateWire

10 climate tech innovations that give us hope for 2024

MIT researchers—led by Franz-Josef Ulm (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Admir Masic (Civil and Environmental Engineering), and Yang-Shao Horn (Mechanical Engineering)—created a “supercapacitator” using cement and carbon black that can store renewable energy. 
December 20, 2023 In the media Fast Company

Why COP28 is a gut check for the world’s fossil fuel habit

Michael Mehling (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research) discusses the impact of global climate deals on climate change: “The history of the Paris Agreement suggests that global climate deals do make a dent in emissions. But the impact can be subtle and felt over time.” 
December 20, 2023 In the media E&E News

Meeting the clean energy needs of tomorrow

At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, Shell’s chief technology officer laid out two very different potential paths for the decades ahead.
December 20, 2023 MITEI
Yuri Sebregts speaks at a podium.

The 100 most influential climate leaders in 2023

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.
December 8, 2023 In the media Time Magazine

How to boost EV sales? Pay drivers to turn in old polluting cars.

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.
November 30, 2023 In the media Bloomberg

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