Mit Energy Initiative

Randall Field and Joanna Moody, MIT researchers, on how environmental policies, urban regulations, and consumer behaviors will affect the future of personal mobility. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/18 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Susan Hockfield, professor of neuroscience and former president of MIT, on the convergence of biology and engineering, the role of universities in technology evolution, and becoming the first biologist to serve as president of MIT. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/17 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Scott Burger, MITEI Energy Fellow and researcher, on rooftop solar economics, net metering, energy poverty, and electricity costs. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/16 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Stuart Madnick and Shaharyar Khan on cybersafety in the energy sector, industrial vulnerabilities, and applications for blockchain. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/15 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Paul Joskow and Richard Schmalensee on the history and future of electricity markets. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/14 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Nicholas Roy and Josh Joseph from the MIT Quest for Intelligence on the future of AI and its potential impact on fields ranging from energy to healthcare. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/13 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Professors Donald Sadoway and Yang Shao-Horn on researching, developing, and scaling energy storage technologies with guest host Bruce Gellerman of WBUR. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/12 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Will Chueh from Stanford and Yet-Ming Chiang from MIT on energy storage. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/11 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Professors Fikile Brushett, Elsa Olivetti, and Yogi Surendranath on building the next generation of materials for future energy systems. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/10 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Dennis Whyte, head of the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering Department and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, on the history and future of fusion. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/9 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano and co-director of the MITEI Solar Low-Carbon Energy Center, on what's coming in solar and how MIT.nano is changing how startups launch from MIT. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/8 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

British Columbia's UNFCCC award-winning climate policies with George Heyman, minister of environment and climate strategy for British Columbia, and Sergey Paltsev, MIT Energy Initiative senior researcher and deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/7 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Lessons from two "Pathways to Paris” climate policy and technology reports with Rob McKeel, GE Power VP and CMO, and Sergey Paltsev, MIT Energy Initiative senior researcher and deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/6 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Emissions trading systems and why governments should consider collaborating, with Constanze Haug, head of the secretariat of the International Carbon Action Partnership, and Michael Mehling, deputy director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/5 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Frances Beinecke, past president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, discusses the U.S. climate trajectory, the need for national leadership, and how to make an impact on climate change. Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/4 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Jacopo Buongiorno, John Parsons, and Karen Dawson of MIT discuss the new Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World study, released in September. They talk about nuclear energy’s potential in the future low-carbon energy landscape, and review strategies for navigating barriers in construction costs, government policy, and community outreach. They also touch upon new technologies and innovations that are poised to impact the nuclear energy field. Read the report: https://energy.mit.edu/futureofnuclearenergy Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/3 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Michael Wasielewski, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, discusses new molecular-based methods to capture and harvest solar photons. Full video and 3 questions with Wasielewski: https://energy.mit.edu/news/3q-improving-solar-cells Transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/news/3q-improving-solar-cells#transcript Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Howard Herzog, Senior Research Engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative, discusses his new book Carbon Capture, a concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage. Read the book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/carbon-capture 3 questions with Herzog: https://energy.mit.edu/news/3q-howard-j-herzog-discusses-the-state-of-carbon-capture Transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-09-30-Carbon-Capture-Talk-Transcript.pdf Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

Jesse Jenkins and Nestor Sepulveda of MIT on what the future looks like for reducing CO2 emissions in electricity and the importance of firm low-carbon energy resources. Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.08.006 Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/2 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup

John Deutch of MIT and Arun Majumdar of Stanford University on potential technology and policy pathways for negative emissions and the importance of focusing on gigatonne-scale solutions. Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.04.018 Show notes and transcript: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/1 Sign up for notifications of new episodes: https://energy.mit.edu/podcast/signup