Energy Talks - Three transportation revolutions
Daniel Sperling’s research examines the potential benefits, impacts, and synergies of the three transportation “revolutions:” electrification, automation, and pooling. In this seminar, Sperling...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - Innovating for the clean energy economy
Which clean energy solutions are effective, and which need more work? Through explorations of household, city, and regional clean energy innovations and implementation efforts, Professor Daniel Kammen...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - Winning together: U.S.-Mexico collaboration for energy &...
Bruno Verdini, executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program, teaches “The Art and Science of Negotiation,” one of MIT’s highest ranked and most popular course electives. This talk...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - New England's wholesale electricity markets
Abigail Krich, founder and president of Boreas Renewables, LLC, explores the innate incompatibilities between New England’s push towards clean energy and its current wholesale electricity market...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - Passive buildings on the rise
Katrin Klingenberg, co-founder and executive director of the Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS), looks at completed case studies of low- and mid-rise multifamily passive projects across the country....
View Article#1 - Negative carbon emissions - John Deutch, MIT and Arun Majumdar, Stanford
John Deutch of MIT and Arun Majumdar of Stanford University on potential technology and policy pathways for negative emissions and the importance of focusing on gigatonne-scale solutions. Read the...
View Article#2 - Firm low-carbon energy resources - Jesse Jenkins and Nestor Sepulveda, MIT
Jesse Jenkins and Nestor Sepulveda of MIT on what the future looks like for reducing CO2 emissions in electricity and the importance of firm low-carbon energy resources. Read the paper:...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - Carbon Capture
Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative, discusses his new book Carbon Capture, a concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage. Read the book:...
View ArticleEnergy Talks - Molecular approaches to solar energy conversion
Michael Wasielewski, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, discusses new molecular-based methods to capture and harvest solar photons. Full video and 3 questions with Wasielewski:...
View Article#3 - The Future of Nuclear Energy - Jacopo Buongiorno, John Parsons, and...
Jacopo Buongiorno, John Parsons, and Karen Dawson of MIT discuss the new Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World study, released in September. They talk about nuclear energy’s potential...
View Article#4 - The human environmental nexus - Frances Beinecke, NRDC
Frances Beinecke, past president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses the U.S. climate trajectory, the need for national leadership, and how to make an impact on climate change. Show...
View Article#5 - Emissions trading - Constanze Haug, ICAP and Michael Mehling, MIT
Emissions trading systems and why governments should consider collaborating, with Constanze Haug, head of the secretariat of the International Carbon Action Partnership, and Michael Mehling, deputy...
View Article#6 - Climate policy paths - Rob McKeel, GE and Sergey Paltsev, MIT
Lessons from two "Pathways to Paris” climate policy and technology reports with Rob McKeel, GE Power VP and CMO, and Sergey Paltsev, MIT Energy Initiative senior researcher and deputy director of the...
View Article#7 - Energy trilemma - George Heyman, government of British Columbia and...
British Columbia's UNFCCC award-winning climate policies with George Heyman, minister of environment and climate strategy for British Columbia, and Sergey Paltsev, MIT Energy Initiative senior...
View Article#8 - Game-changing solar - Vladimir Bulović, MIT
Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano and co-director of the MITEI Solar Low-Carbon Energy Center, on what's coming in solar and how MIT.nano is changing how startups launch from MIT. Show notes and...
View Article#9 - Game-changing fusion - Dennis Whyte, MIT
Dennis Whyte, head of the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering Department and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, on the history and future of fusion. Show notes and transcript:...
View Article#10 - Game-changing materials - Fikile Brushett, Elsa Olivetti, and Yogi...
Professors Fikile Brushett, Elsa Olivetti, and Yogi Surendranath on building the next generation of materials for future energy systems. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/10...
View Article#11 - Game-changing storage - Will Chueh, Stanford and Yet-Ming Chiang, MIT
Will Chueh from Stanford and Yet-Ming Chiang from MIT on energy storage. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/11 Sign up for notifications of new episodes:...
View Article#12 - Batteries and storage - Donald Sadoway and Yang Shao-Horn, MIT
Professors Donald Sadoway and Yang Shao-Horn on researching, developing, and scaling energy storage technologies with guest host Bruce Gellerman of WBUR. Show notes and transcript:...
View Article#13 - Artificial intelligence - Nicholas Roy and Josh Joseph, MIT
Nicholas Roy and Josh Joseph from the MIT Quest for Intelligence on the future of AI and its potential impact on fields ranging from energy to healthcare. Show notes and transcript:...
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