MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)

Study: 'Fugitive' methane from shale gas production less than previously thoughtMIT researchers, using field practices, find emissions from shale gas production to be significantly lower than previous estimates.

Maria Zuber appointed vice president for researchClaude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.

3 Questions: World energy outlookFatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, talks about the future of fossil fuels and the prospects for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.

BP renews commitment to MIT with second $25 million pledgeCompany to provide $5 million a year to support continued energy-related research activities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Programs for green citiesFinding out what works

Reaching underground resourcesVaporize the rock — no drilling required

A novel ultracapacitorEnergy when and where you need it.

Presidential campaigns offer energetic energy debate at MITRepresentatives of Obama, Romney camps lay out differences in crucial policy domains of energy and the environment.

Women’s impact in clean energy is growing worldwideMIT symposium highlights women’s increasing leadership in energy research, industry and government.

Converting plant waste into biofuelsPromising advances using yeast and fungi.

A new approach to water desalinationGraphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods.

MIT and Saudi Aramco augment existing collaborationMore energy research; entrepreneurship programs and cultural exchanges to be pursued.

Portugal’s foreign minister emphasizes commitment to ‘stability’ in EuropeIn MIT talk, Portas underscores country’s intent to stay the course.

MIT community takes the Earth Day ChallengeTake Action! Earn Points! Win Prizes!

Communicating the climate challengeNew York Times’ Andrew Revkin shares lessons with MIT faculty, students at Earth Day colloquium.

Our gasoline-free future and how to get thereToyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.

Taking an innovative approach to battery designDonald Sadoway’s radical rethinking of electricity storage could revitalize renewable-power technologies.

Research team wins Somiya Award for International Collaboration

Big innovations for uncertain timesSeventh annual MIT Energy Conference features bold new technologies in the face of an uncertain economy.

Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn AwardUndergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.

Seminar challenges with systems approach to climate changeEnergy Systems and Climate Change Mitigation tackles the multidimensional challenges of climate change.

Designing policies to curb fuel use, GHG emissions

Knittel named first energy faculty chair at MIT

Proposal for MIT Global Environment Initiative seeks public commentInitiative expected to focus on six broad environmental research themes.

Energy Education Task Force marks five-year surge in energy focused offeringsNearly $9 million raised for curriculum development so far.

Nobel laureate: Long path to economic renewal, but energy innovation could help

Carbon capture? Go for the sourceNew analysis shows pulling CO₂ from the air would not be cost-effective in the foreseeable future.

With changes, the grid can take itMIT report shows that with new policies, U.S. electric grid could handle expected influx of electric cars and wind and solar generation.