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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.

The electrically conductive firebricks could help hard-to-decarbonize sectors utilize renewable energy for the first time.
Decarbonizing heavy industry with thermal batteries

MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.

New solar panels are installed on the roof of MIT Building W46.
New solar projects will grow renewable energy generation for four major campus buildings

The new panels are part of MIT’s comprehensive campus climate commitments.

A generative AI model visualizes how floods in Texas would look like in satellite imagery. The original photo is on the left, and the AI generated image is in on the right.
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.

“One of the things that pleasantly surprised me is how tight-knit and friendly the MIT faculty all are,” says Catherine Wolfram.
Catherine Wolfram: High-energy scholar

The MIT Sloan professor has become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response.

Arati Prabhakar is President Biden’s science advisor and the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
A vision for U.S. science success

In a talk at MIT, White House science advisor Arati Prabhakar outlined challenges in medicine, climate, and AI, while expressing resolve to tackle hard problems.

MIT Assistant Professor Sara Beery contributed to the new Tree D-fusion system, which can generate a simulation-ready 3D model of a real tree from images such as those found on Google Street View. The system leverages a tree shape generated using species- and environment-specific data to create realistic, lifelike tree models.
Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins

The Tree-D Fusion system integrates generative AI and genus-conditioned algorithms to create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees across North America.

Alsym has been manufacturing prototypes at a small facility in Woburn, Massachusetts for the last two years. Pictured is a view of the Alsym facility.
A nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future

The startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond.

Press Release: Accelerating Climate Action, 11 Boston & Cambridge Institutions Collaborate to Invest in Wind and Solar Power

Harvard, Mass General Brigham, MIT, and PowerOptions collaborate with Apex Clean Energy to enable two new renewable energy facilities and purchase an estimated 1.3M megawatt-hours of renewable…

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.
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air

Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised…