2009 MIT Energy Conference: Accelerating Change in Global ...
2009 MIT Energy Conference: Accelerating Change in Global Energy
Keynote Panel Session with Professor Ernest Moniz (MIT, Moderator), Theodore Roosevelt IV (Barclays Bank), Atul Arya (BP), and J. Wayne Leonard (Entergy)
A new approach to water desalination
A new approach to water desalination
MIT researchers are using graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the element carbon, in the quest to make the earth's oceans a viable source of potable water.
Arun Majumdar: Using Science to Innovate in Efficient ...
Arun Majumdar: Using Science to Innovate in Efficient Energy Utilization
This talk was presented on April 14, 2009 as part of the MITEI Seminar Series. Abstract: To address the challenges of energy security and climate change, it is becoming increasingly clear that "business as usual" traditional approaches to decarbonize the energy supply ...
Building the #Knowosphere
Building the #Knowosphere: MITEI Earth Day Colloquium with Andrew Revkin
The NYT's Andrew Revkin on how new ways to share and shape ideas can help build durable progress on a finite planet.
C3E: Morning Keynote - Women as Energy Decision Makers in ...
C3E: Morning Keynote - Women as Energy Decision Makers in Africa
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters - Minister of Energy, South Africa
Come Walk the Talk
Come Walk the Talk
A community rally to support campus energy efficiency and conservation featuring: Theresa Stone, Executive Vice President, MIT Robert Armstrong, Deputy Director, MITEI Steven Lanou, Deputy Director, Environmental Sustainability, MIT Jason Jay, Organization Studies Group, Sloan School and the ...
Distinguished Lecture: Professor Moniz, Director, MIT ...
Distinguished Lecture: Professor Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and the Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Professor Moniz served as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 2001 and ...
Distributed Energy Generation: Future or Fantasy?
Distributed Energy Generation: Future or Fantasy? — MIT Club of Northern ...
An exploration of the efficacy of distributed energy generation in California based on regional policy and the economics of proposed solutions.
Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future? - Richard Lester - MIT ...
Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future? - Richard Lester - MIT Club of Northern ...
Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Fukushima. When coupled with the issues of waste disposal, weapons proliferation, large up-front capital costs and long lead times, will the disaster at Fukushima derail global nuclear energy development once and for all? Or will a ...
Emerald Cities: How Are Cities Advancing the Shift to a ...
Emerald Cities: How Are Cities Advancing the Shift to a Green Economy?
This talk was given on December 1, 2009 as part of the MITEI Seminar Series. - Abstract - How can cities best position themselves in the green economy? What is the role of manufacturing in urban areas? How can a city best choose an economic development strategy given ...
Energiewende: German Angst or Bold Step Ahead?
Energiewende: German Angst or Bold Step Ahead?
Joschka Fischer Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1998-2005 Germany is a highly industrialized country and with its recent decision to eliminate nuclear energy, it has the potential to become a model for how a carbon-free economy without nuclear ...