Spotlights: Other MITEI Activities
MIT Energy Initiative launches MIT Future of Solar Energy Study
As part of a $10 million gift from the Chesonis Family Foundation, the MIT Energy Initiative announced a major interdisciplinary study on the future of solar energy. Posted 19 May 2008
At MIT, Senator Bingaman pushes amped-up U.S. energy policies
Boosting Washington's "anemic and unreliable support for basic science and engineering enterprise" is a critical step toward a viable energy future, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., told an MIT audience on Friday, April 25. Posted 8 May 2008
Governor says Mass. can reap benefits from clean energy
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told a crowd at MIT on Earth Day that clean energy has the potential to bring about an economic bonanza for the commonwealth at the same time that it improves the planet's well-being. Posted 25 April 2008
Expert says big energy picture must balance security, sustainability, and supply
Carl Bauer, director of the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, told an MIT audience that electricity shortfalls leading to seasonable brownouts and blackouts in California, Texas, and New England by 2016 are just some of the challenges facing decision makers tackling America's energy future. Posted 19 March 2008
DOE Deputy Secretary outlines new energy challenges facing the US
A new factor creating a different energy reality today, according to Clay Sell, is the challenge of global climate change and the prospect that we're going to have to meet increasing demand for energy in a carbon-constrained environment henceforward. Posted 8 February 2008
Oil expert says solar is best hope for breaking free of fossil fuels
Leonardo Maugeri, group senior vice president for strategies and development at Eni SpA told a crowd at MIT that because there is no shortage of supply, our heavy dependence on carbon-rich fossil fuels — coal, petroleum, and natural gas — will persist for another two to three decades. Posted 8 February 2008
MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners
A wide variety of MIT research projects were among those chosen to receive more than $1.94 million in the MIT Energy Initiative's first round of campus seed grants, which are intended to help launch new or early stage projects. Posted 29 January 2008
UK's Stern eyes economic and policy responses to climate change
As difficult as adapting to climate change will be for rich countries, developing countries will be much more deeply affected, British government adviser Nicholas Stern told an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) colloquium Monday, November 19. Posted 28 November 2007
