The Consortium for Climate Solutions FAQ

In 2020, MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham formed the Consortium for Climate to provide a structure to accelerate global emissions reductions through the development of large-scale renewable energy projects — accelerating and expanding the impact of each institution’s greenhouse gas reduction initiatives. 

In 2024, the Consortium announced the development of two new large-scale renewable energy projects in regions with carbon-intensive electrical grids Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas and the Bowman Wind Project in Bowman County, North Dakota the Consortium which will eliminate close to 1 million metric tons of greenhouse gases each year through the two projects and will add a combined 408 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy capacity to the power grid. The Consortium enabled these projects by committing to purchase an estimated 1.3-million-megawatt hours of new solar and wind electricity generation annually. Read MIT News coverage of the Consortiums efforts or learn more details by downloading the FAQs.