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PostAugust 23, 2023

Making aviation fuel from biomass

MIT Energy Initiative

Professor Yuriy Román-Leshkov and collaborators have demonstrated a new way to produce a critical component of aviation fuel from lignin, a plant material that’s generally discarded as waste during biomass processing.

PostJuly 7, 2023

Battle for a Better Future

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

An aircraft dumps water on the edge of the Elmo Fire burning on the western shore of Flathead Lake on August 1, 2022.

PostJune 26, 2023

MIT climate and sustainability interns consider aviation emissions and clim...

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)

Around 90 MIT students were asked to calculate the carbon footprint of their flight to their MISTI destination and to compare the results to other common daily activities.

PostJune 23, 2023

Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future

MIT Energy Initiative

During the MIT Energy Initiative’s panel on energy innovation for a net-zero future, Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Annaswamy (center) and other speakers addressed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are needed to achieve global net-zero emissions goals.

PostJune 8, 2023

Megawatt electrical motor designed by MIT engineers could help electrify av...

MIT aeroengineers are creating a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying commercial airliners. Pictured are some industrial concepts for hybrid-electric aircraft.

PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)

PostMarch 20, 2023

Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plan...

César Terrer is an assistant professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

PostNovember 29, 2022

Carbon Abatement Costs for Hydrogen Fuels in Hard-to-Abate Transport Sector...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostAugust 11, 2022

Sustainable Hydrogen Fuels versus Fossil Fuels for Trucking, Shipping and A...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostMarch 11, 2022

How to clean solar panels without water

Dust that accumulates on solar panels is a major problem, but washing the panels uses huge amounts of water. MIT engineers have now developed a waterless cleaning method to remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency.

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