Grid

Driving the green

February 1, 2012

New study suggests that electric-powered trucks will save money for businesses.

Also labeled: Center for Transportation and Logistics, Electric vehicles, Transportation, Automobiles, Energy, Engineering Systems, IEEE, Industry, Logistics

The too-smart-for-its-own-good grid

August 3, 2011

New technologies intended to boost reliance on renewable energy could destabilize the power grid if they’re not matched with careful pricing policies.

Also labeled: Control theory, Electrical engineering and electronics, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Smart meters

New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt

June 6, 2011

Significant advance in battery architecture could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage.

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Automobiles, Batteries, Energy, Energy storage, Materials science

Electrifying transportation: Devil is in the details

January 24, 2011

MIT symposium finds electric vehicle technology capabilities are way ahead of policy and infrastructure needs.

Also labeled: Automobiles, Batteries, Energy, Energy storage, Engineering Systems, Faculty, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Policy, Transportation, Mechanical engineering, Materials science

Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations

December 17, 2009

Proposed X-Prizes for energy storage could produce key enabling technologies to make renewable energy development more practical

Also labeled: X-Prize, Batteries, Energy, Going green, Green business, Students, Reporter's Notebook

Supran works to light up the grid, one quantum dot at a time

December 16, 2009

Also labeled: Energy, Mathematics, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Quantum computing, Students