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Helping power-system planners prepare for an unknown future

Artificial Intelligence, Climate change, Computer modeling, Electric grid, Emissions, Energy, Energy efficiency, infrastructure, Invention, MIT Energy Initiative, MIT Sloan School of Management, Open Source, Policy, Research, Technology and policy

A new computer modeling tool developed by an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) research team will help infrastructure planners working in the electricity and other energy-intensive sectors better predict and prepare for future needs and conditions as they develop plans for power generation capacity, transmission lines, and other necessary infrastructure. The tool could reduce the amount […]

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MIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research priorities amidst a changing energy landscape

Artificial Intelligence, Batteries, Carbon dioxide, Chemistry, Cleaner industry, Climate change, Collaboration, DMSE, Electric grid, Energy, Energy storage, Faculty, government, infrastructure, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Investments, Mechanical engineering, MIT Energy Initiative, Policy, Renewable energy, School of Engineering, School of Science, Special events and guest speakers, Startups, Students, Sustainability, The Engine, Transportation

“We’re here to talk about really substantive changes, and we want you to be a participant in that,” said Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Climate and Energy in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Energizing@MIT: the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) Annual Research Conference that was held on Sept. 9-10.Plata’s

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Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutrition

Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), Algorithms, Alumni/ae, Artificial Intelligence, data, Faculty, Food, India, MIT Sloan School of Management, Policy, Poverty, Profile, Research, Sustainability

Oct. 16 is World Food Day, a global campaign to celebrate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization 80 years ago, and to work toward a healthy, sustainable, food-secure future. More than 670 million people in the world are facing hunger. Millions of others are facing rising obesity rates and struggle to get healthy

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