MIT Energy Initiative
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), established in September 2006, is an Institute-wide initiative designed to help transform the global energy system to meet the needs of the future and to help build a bridge to that future by improving today's energy systems. The MITEI program includes research, education, campus energy management and outreach activities that cover all areas of energy supply and demand, security and environmental impact.
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Oil Dependence, ‘Oilpacity,’ and U....
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April 9, 2013 Kairn Klieman, University of Houston Abstract Present-day oil producers in Africa suffer from the “oil curse” or the “natural resource curse”; despite massive influxes of oil revenues, economies stagnate, standards of li...
Rethinking carbon capture and seque...
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April 10, 2013 Speaker Roel Snieder Abstract Capturing CO2 and injecting it in the subsurface is often presented as a major tool to prevent man-made global warming. Several successful pilot projects on carbon sequestration have been c...
In situ spectroscopic studies of me...
Added 2 months ago | 00:43:59 | 273 views
March 12, 2013 Speaker John Kitchin, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Abstract Electrochemical water splitting may be in integral part of future energy storage strategies by enabling energy storage ...
The Future of Nuclear Power - Richa...
Added 3 months ago | 01:08:27 | 405 views
February 12, 2013 Speaker Richard Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution for Science Abstract The prospects for nuclear power vary widely from country to country as a result of many factors, ranging from the costs of alternatives, ...
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- Global Awareness & Action
- Language
- English
- Website
- MIT Energy Initiative (http://mitei.mit.edu)
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