Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage - MIT News Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, according to a new model from MIT researchers
A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy MIT engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation
New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron proton beam irradiation, advancing fusion energy, nuclear power, and clean energy research at MIT
MIT Energy Initiative launches Data Center Power Forum The MIT Energy Initiative launched the Data Center Power Forum in September 2025 The Forum brings together MIT faculty and MITEI member company experts to address growing power demand from data centers
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms