Energy

A collage of agricultural elements including a satellite, crop fields, tomatoes, and growth charts illustrating data, boosted breeding techniques, chemical formulas, and a seedling highlights efforts to combat hunger.
Agriculture
Boosted Breeding and beyond: 3 tech trends that could end world hunger
A world without hunger is possible, and the development and deployment of new farming technologies could be one key to manifesting it.
Kristin Houser
Aerial view of solar panels arranged in rows on green grass, partially obscured by a yellowish haze.
Clean Energy
US hits 180 GW of solar power. Here’s how we get to 1,000 by 2035.
A quick look at the history of solar power in the US and the trends that could lead us into our sun-powered future.
Kristin Houser
Clean Energy
Which technologies will enable a cleaner steel industry?
Technologies like hydrogen-based direct reduction of ore, electrolysis, and advanced furnace technologies could reduce steel emissions.
Daniel Boero Vargas and Mandy Chan | World Economic Forum
Two offshore wind turbines amid turbulent sea waves under a cloudy sky.
Clean Energy
Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines
Emma C. Edwards
Oil pumpjack operating in the oil fields under a twilight sky.
Disaster Response
Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable
Zach Winn | MIT News Office
Aerial view of a geothermal power plant
Clean Energy
US will accelerate geothermal exploration on federal land
Kristin Houser
A high-tech modular structure illuminated by blue lights, standing on a barren, moon-like landscape at night.
Batteries
World’s biggest battery maker unveils grid-scale storage system
Kristin Houser
Gloved hands hold a small metallic component with tweezers under a blue light in a laboratory setting.
Clean Energy
Future nuclear power reactors could rely on molten salts — but what about corrosion?
Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative
Various automotive products and battery types from brands like Halfords and Panasonic displayed on a light blue background.
Clean Energy
Why batteries come in so many sizes and shapes
Wesley Chang
A fusion energy locomotive emits a large plume of smoke as it travels through a rugged, mountainous landscape.
Clean Energy
Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age
Andreas Helwig
a photo of a Terraformer
Clean Energy
This startup is making natural gas from sunlight, water, and air
Kristin Houser
an image of the KSTAR nuclear fusion facility
Clean Energy
Korea’s “artificial sun” sets nuclear fusion record
Kristin Houser
Industrial surface facility with an underground nuclear laboratory or storage accessed via a vertical shaft.
Clean Energy
Nuclear’s role in a net-zero world
Nicola Jones | Knowable Magazine