Multi-day energy storage startup Ore Energy signs 1GWh iron-air battery deal with Dutch utility
Startup Ore Energy has signed an agreement with a utility in the Netherlands to deploy up to 1,000MWh of multi-day-duration iron-air batteries.
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Hydrogen: The clean-burning fuel of the future—if we can find a cheap and clean way to ship it
Many experts refer to hydrogen as “the fuel of the future.” It is expected to help decarbonize the global economy in two main ways: Burning it or feeding it into a fuel cell produces storable energy with no carbon emissions,…
Commonwealth Fusion says papers validate its quest to generate power
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MIT Energy Initiative launches study of sustainable fuels for hard-to-decarbonize transportation
Earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) launched a major study to examine the sustainable fuel options for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail. More than one-tenth of the world’s climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to…
3 Questions: Making reliable fusion energy a reality
As part of her MITEI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) project, Lucy Greenup ’28 studied radiation defects in nuclear materials and how these materials can be returned from failure to function. Greenup, a nuclear engineering and materials science student, shares…
American Energy Manufacturing: Growth, Jobs, and Competitiveness
American energy infrastructure is revitalizing domestic manufacturing. Smart trade policy can help. Even the most attentive supply chain expert may struggle to keep up with the many tariff announcements and complex sourcing dynamics affecting the American clean power industry over the…
MIT Energy Initiative funds six early-stage energy research projects
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) recently awarded six grants totaling more than $1 million through its Seed Innovation Fund program, which sponsors early-stage MIT research projects aimed at supporting the energy transition. Each of the six funded projects will receive $175,000…
CLEANPOWER in Color Is Almost Here
There was a point in my career when I didn’t know how to get to the next step. I believed that if I worked hard and proved myself, the right doors would open, but it didn’t work that way. I…
Via Separations to expand into new markets with $36 million investment
Via Separations, a startup company based on technology originally developed with MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) support, announced $36 million in new venture funding in April, bringing its total funding to about $80 million. The Watertown, MA–based company has developed membrane…
3 Questions: Analyzing energy sector policy and economics to enable innovation and competition
Kaitlyn Flowers ’26, a chemical engineering major and energy studies minor (ESM) at MIT, analyzes the policies and economics shaping the energy industry, focusing her studies on the business side of the sector. Flowers discusses how the ESM and climate…