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PostMay 6, 2025

How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system?

MIT Energy Initiative

India has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions, a difficult task as the country’s electric power system relies on many coal-burning power plants. While some of the plants are fuel-efficient (right), many more are not (left). MITEI researchers have explored and clarified India’s decarbonization options and have posted their methods and results for use by other countries in the midst of similar energy transitions.

PodcastFebruary 26, 2025

The reality of capturing carbon

MIT Energy Initiative

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PostJanuary 12, 2025

Designing tiny filters to solve big problems

“I would love to see a world where we could eliminate thermal separations, and where heat is no longer a problem in creating the things that we need and producing the energy that we need,” Zachary Smith says.

PostDecember 4, 2024

A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful

MIT chemical engineers designed a two-part catalyst that can convert methane gas to useful products. The catalyst consists of iron-modified aluminum silicate plus an enzyme called alcohol oxidase (enzyme not pictured).

PodcastNovember 25, 2024

Rising to the climate challenge

MIT Energy Initiative

PodcastNovember 25, 2024

Decarbonizing energy: The government’s role

MIT Energy Initiative

PostNovember 20, 2024

Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air

MIT Energy Initiative

Pictured are two of the four absorber units at Climeworks’ direct air capture and storage plant, Orca, in Hellisheidi, Iceland. Each absorber unit can remove about 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.

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.

PostOctober 31, 2024

Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into car...

PostOctober 29, 2024

Banking on Oregon forests: putting forests into carbon markets to address c...

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