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PostMay 5, 2025

New tool evaluates progress in reinforcement learning

“We got interested a few years ago in the question, is there something that automated vehicles could do here in terms of mitigating emissions,” says MIT Professor Cathy Wu. “Is it a drop in the bucket, or is it something to think about?”

PostMarch 10, 2025

Deploying Plug & Charge technology can speed EV adoption

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

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PostFebruary 19, 2025

Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward

MIT Energy Initiative

A modeling study by an MIT team has shown that electrifying residential heating can be a substantial step toward reducing carbon emissions, as well as costs, over the combined electricity and natural gas sectors. Here, the team poses beside a high-efficiency electric heat pump system that provides heating to the home, replacing the natural gas-fired furnace. Left to right: Audun Botterud, Saurabh Amin, Rahman Khorramfar, Morgan Santoni-Colvin, and Leslie Norford. Not pictured: Dharik Mallapragada.

PostJanuary 27, 2025

Report Published on Policy Options for Improving Grid Reliability and Reduc...

MIT Climate Policy Center

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PostNovember 26, 2024

Decarbonizing heavy industry with thermal batteries

The electrically conductive firebricks could help hard-to-decarbonize sectors utilize renewable energy for the first time.

PodcastNovember 25, 2024

Decarbonizing energy: The government’s role

MIT Energy Initiative

PostNovember 22, 2024

Catherine Wolfram: High-energy scholar

“One of the things that pleasantly surprised me is how tight-knit and friendly the MIT faculty all are,” says Catherine Wolfram.

PostNovember 21, 2024

A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future

Alsym has been manufacturing prototypes at a small facility in Woburn, Massachusetts for the last two years. Pictured is a view of the Alsym facility.

PodcastNovember 20, 2024

Making the case for climate optimism

MIT Energy Initiative

Illustrations of energy infrastructure and type saying Making the case for climate optimism.

PostNovember 19, 2024

Turning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels...

The MIT spinout Emvolon is taking a new approach to processing methane by repurposing automotive engines to serve as modular, cost-effective plants for greener chemical production.

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