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Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas, a 200 MW renewable energy facility, is now operational.
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Consortium led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham spurs development of 408 MW of renewable energy

Projects in Texas and North Dakota support clean energy transition as MIT moves closer to 2026 net-zero goal.

J-WAFS supports faculty from all schools and many departments, labs, and centers across MIT.
J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT

For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.

Pivot’s products are already being used to grow corn, wheat, barley, oats, and other grains across millions of acres of American farmland, eliminating hundreds of thousands of tons of CO2 equivalent in the process.
Pivot Bio is using microbial nitrogen to make agriculture more sustainable

The nitrogen product developed by the company, which was co-founded by Professor Chris Voigt, is being used across millions of acres of American farmland.

Butlr uses insights from low-resolution thermal cameras and an analytics platform to make buildings more efficient and safe.
Creating smart buildings with privacy-first sensors

Butlr, founded by former Media Lab researchers, uses insights from thermal sensors to make buildings safe and efficient.

Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan explores ways to reduce transportation emissions with the help of machine learning.
Puzzling out climate change

Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions.

6K’s microwave plasma technology, called UniMelt, uses beams of tightly controlled thermal plasma to melt or vaporize precursor materials into particles with precise sizes and crystalline phases. Pictured is a photo from 6K’s factory showing some of its large plasma equipment.
Cleaning up critical minerals and materials production, using microwave plasma

With technology developed at MIT, 6K is helping to bring critical materials production back to the U.S. without toxic byproducts.

MIT Assistant Professor Sara Beery (left) discusses a sonar monitoring system with another researcher.
Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population management

Assistant Professor Sara Beery is using automation to improve monitoring of migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

A new American Physical Society report led by MIT physics professor Washington Taylor explores the physical limitations of carbon dioxide removal and concludes these technologies are worth pursuing in tandem with global efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
3 Questions: What the laws of physics tell us about CO2 removal

In a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.”

By combining measurements that he takes in the ocean with experiments in his MIT lab, Andrew Babbin is working to understand the connections between microbes and nitrogen in the ocean.
Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organisms

MIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health.

David McGee, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been instrumental in the growth of the community and culture of the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
David McGee named head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Specialist in paleoclimate and geochronology is known for contributions to education and community.