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Researchers find benefits of solar photovoltaics outweigh costs
MIT News / MITEI
Utility-scale photovoltaic arrays are an economic investment across most of the United States when health and climate benefits are taken into account, concludes an analysis by MITEI postdoc Patrick Brown and Senior Lecturer Francis O’Sullivan. Their results show the importance of providing accurate price signals to generators and consumers and of adopting policies that reward installation of solar arrays where they will bring the most benefit.
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Why the Mediterranean is a climate change hotspot
MIT News
An analysis by researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering uncovers the basis of the severe rainfall declines predicted by many models. The analysis could have significant implications for the management of water resources and agriculture in the Mediterranean.
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Four lessons from Covid-19 to help fight climate change
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman, the faculty director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, shares what Covid-19 and climate change have in common. His points include encouraging us to “stop thinking growth versus green” and that global action is essential.
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Thiago Medaglia: Reconnecting with the natural world
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)
In the ongoing “Solving Climate” series from SHASS, MIT faculty, students, and alumni in the humanistic fields share perspectives that are significant for solving climate change and mitigating its impacts. In this edition, Thiago Medaglia, a 2019-2020 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, discusses “science journalism for a world in crisis.”
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Podcast: TIL about nuclear power
TILclimate
Professor Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering) explains how nuclear power works, why some climate activists don’t agree on using it, and what role it can play in a clean energy future.
Listen.
Related: Listen to Buongiorno, John Parsons (Sloan School of Management) and Karen Dawson PhD '19 discuss MITEI's "Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon Constrained World" study.
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Podcast: Energy entrepreneurship
MITEI
Tod Hynes, a senior lecturer in the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, speaks with Jason Jacobs, the host of the My Climate Journey podcast, about success, spinouts, and advice from teaching Energy Ventures, an MIT course that guides student teams through the process of creating new energy ventures.
Listen.
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Video: Making better decisions for the energy transition
CERAWeek
A panel of experts, including MITEI Director Robert Armstrong and MITEI Research Scientist Emre Gençer, analyzes the energy transition challenge, discusses cross-sectoral approaches to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and presents SESAME—MITEI’s new energy assessment tool.
Watch.
Related: Meet the team of MITEI postdocs working to expand the SESAME tool.
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New course: Sustainable building design (4.464x)
June 23 - September 22, 2020
MITEI is excited to announce a new online offering of Sustainable Building Design, taught by Professor Christoph Reinhart (Architecture). In this course, students will be introduced to a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable, resource-efficient buildings.
Learn more and enroll.
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Energy innovation webinar series
MITEI / MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP)
The energy sector is facing unprecedented challenges, with the global Covid-19 pandemic complicating an already challenging transition toward a low-carbon future. One of the key elements in addressing both the current pandemic and climate change is the implementation of forward-looking collaborations in technology development and innovation.
MITEI and MIT ILP are presenting a special webinar series with leading researchers and experts in the energy domain sharing their views.
Watch the recording of the first three webinars of the series:
Session 1: Energy transitions and economics
Session 2: Innovations in critical low-carbon technologies
Session 3: Energy storage systems
The fourth session discusses the scalability of clean energy with speakers from
MITEI, the MIT Joint Program, The Dow Chemical Company, Iberdrola, National Grid, and ExxonMobil.
Learn more and register.
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My vision has broadened to include a more human perspective of climate change: This is not about a distant atmospheric breakdown, but the planet and all its life forms. And it is also about working to reconnect people with the reality of the natural world, which includes ourselves. We too are nature."
—Thiago Medaglia, a 2019-2020 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, on “science journalism for a world in crisis.” |
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17%
In the first half of April, global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 17% due to Covid-related closures…but these reductions are only temporary; we need sustained efforts to achieve long-term emissions reductions while maintaining a healthy economy.
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🎆 Happy Independence Day!
We will be taking a break next week in observance of the Fourth of July holiday here in the U.S. We’ll be back in your inbox on July 9. Happy Fourth of July!
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