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Energy from the Earth, for the Earth
MIT Technology Review
Carlos Araque ’01, SM ’02 is a co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy, an MIT spinoff working to develop and commercialize a new hybrid deep drilling technology for geothermal energy. The early research for this technology was sponsored through MITEI’s Seed Fund grant program.
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Expanding the conversation about sustainability
MIT News
MIT senior Stacy Godfreey-Igwe seeks to make marginalized communities more visible in the fight against climate change and address how these communities often shoulder a disproportionately heavy environmental burden.
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5 up-and-coming jobs in sustainability and what’s next
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management examines the current state of sustainability in business and potential career pathways that one could take to make a difference.
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🌍 MITEI's 2021 TOP 5: Check out our top articles and podcast episodes from the past year!
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Powering the energy transition with better storage
Researchers evaluated the role and value that long-duration energy storage technologies could play in securing a carbon-free electric grid and find they have the potential to lower electricity prices in a carbon-free system by up to 40%.
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Podcast: Sustainable hydropower
Gia Schneider SB ’99, the co-founder and CEO of Natel Energy, discusses her early climate inspirations, what it was like founding a company, and how she and her company are revolutionizing hydropower.
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Podcast: Digitalization and the power grid
Mark Thompson, the director of digital delivery at National Grid, talks about digitalization, industry standards, and the day-to-day of how our grids are being converted to renewable energy.
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IAP Course: Leading the energy transition
January 5-26, 2022, 4:00-6:00 pm ET (every Wednesday)
Leading change is never easy, and the goal of global decarbonization requires a unique approach. Although technical innovations are necessary, they are not sufficient to bring about the global energy transition. In the 2022 version of this MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) course, MITEI has invited energy transition leaders from academia, industry, government, and utilities to share their latest strategies in accelerating the energy transition.
Learn more and register. Open to MIT community.
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IAP Course: Computational modeling tools for promoting low-carbon electricity
January 24-28, 2022, 9:00 am-1:00 pm ET (each day)
This five-session intensive activity presents power system analysis techniques that will help in modeling and understanding the role of electric power systems in a carbon-constrained economy. There are many challenges that must be faced by the mathematical models for optimization, analysis, and simulation of the complex decision-making processes in power systems. Among these challenges are the massive deployment of intermittent renewable energy sources, the anticipated surge of active demand response, and the development of smart grids. Apart from a theoretical description of the models, the instructors will provide the students with a collection of prototypes that will allow them to run study cases and to understand the effects of the different mathematical formulations on the outcomes. The use of these models in some real-world applications will also be presented.
Learn more and register. Open to MIT community.
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New edX course: Energy economics and policy
January 18-April 12, 2022
With renewable sources playing an increasing role in meeting global energy demand and mitigating climate change, electric power systems and related markets are changing. To prepare for a career in the future energy landscape, relevant skills must be acquired to drive this energy transition within the necessary timeframe.
In this open-access, online course, you will learn to apply economic and socio-political analysis to real-world regulatory policy questions in a set of interrelated energy markets. You will also employ systems-level analysis to predict policy outcomes not only within energy markets but across different sectors. Overall, you will gain insights into how applied economics and policy tools can effectively move the global energy sector toward renewable and clean energy sources to mitigate climate change, while at the same time promoting economic development.
This course is taught by Christopher Knittel, a professor of applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the deputy director for policy at MITEI.
Learn more and enroll.
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In all this work, I’m hoping to make sure that globally marginalized communities are more visible in climate-related spaces, both in terms of who is doing the engineering and who the engineering works for.”
—Stacy Godfreey-Igwe, a senior at MIT, on working to ensure that climate change is managed in a globally equitable manner. |
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Wishing you and your loved ones a happy holiday and New Year! This will be our last newsletter of the year, but we’ll be back in your inbox the week of January 3rd.
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