Moving, storing, and managing electric power is a major logistical challenge, but a new concrete-based battery could help mitigate those issues.

A major report from the MIT Energy Initiative finds the development and deployment of new ways to store renewable energy will be crucial to transitioning to clean energy and averting the worst effects ...

Solar cell technology is a seen as a key pillar in our transition to cleaner forms of energy, but within this field there is all kinds of room for experimentation. Solar cells that are thin and ...

David Calvin White, 89, a 40-year MIT faculty member and founding director of the MIT Energy Laboratory, died last week. MIT reported the news Wednesday. David Calvin White, 89, a 40-year MIT faculty ...

"We’re trying to tackle the science questions." Researchers achieve promising breakthrough in pursuit of energy holy grail: ...

MIT engineers have created a new low-cost battery for storage of renewable energy sources made from inexpensive and abundant materials. Less expensive than lithium-ion battery technology, the new ...

Devices known as flow batteries attract a lot of attention from scientists looking for affordable solutions for grid-scale energy storage, but are they affordable enough? A team at MIT believes there ...

MITEI Connects MIT's World-Class Research Teams with Industry and Government to Develop Solutions to the World's Energy Challenges Through MITEI Braskem will Participate in New Future Energy Systems ...

A team of MIT researchers has figured out a way to create a supercapacitor simply by mixing cement, the binding ingredient of concrete, and a fine charcoal product called carbon black together with ...

Existing solar thermochemical hydrogen production systems have low efficiency, but MIT's design could harness up to 40% of solar heat for hydrogen generation. The breakthrough system relies solely on ...

What if you could turn concrete into a viable and effective energy storage option? While that might seem a bit out-of-this-world, that's exactly what MIT researchers have managed to do, according to ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT and Switzerland-based ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, have formed a partnership on energy research to help meet the world's need for clean electricity ...