Robert C. Armstrong named director of MIT Energy Initiative

Outgoing director Ernest Moniz confirmed U.S. Secretary of Energy.

Secret of efficient photosynthesis is decoded

MIT researchers find that the key to purple bacteria’s light-harvesting prowess lies in highly symmetrical molecules.

One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases

Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.

Funding clean-energy solutions

MIT’s Clean Energy Prize awards more than $300,000 to support green startups and technologies.

Casey Stein: Confronting the Energy-Water Challenge

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May 23, 2013

The SunShot Initiative – Cost Competitive Solar by the End of the Decade

Minh Le
Director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office at the US Department of Energy
1:00 PM Read more

Magazine

Energy Futures: Autumn 2012

MITEI in the News

What They’re Saying About Ernest Moniz

Video

Climate Change Policy that Makes Economic Sense

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