MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)

This year, MITEI is participating with a special microchallenge: If 100 donors make a gift to the MIT Energy Initiative Fund, Bill Vanderson ’99 MNG ’00 and Christina Gehrke ’99 will donate $10,000! By donating TODAY, your gift will advance low-carbon energy research and help us unlock this extra donation.

About the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)

By 2050, global energy demand is expected to double due to population growth and rising standards of living. There are 750 million people, most of whom live in rural India and sub-Saharan Africa, that lack access to electricity. Yet human use of fossil energy is causing rapid and dangerous climate change, leading to rising seas and extreme weather. The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) is working to address this accelerating crisis.

Meeting global energy needs while safeguarding our fragile planet will require advances in clean, affordable energy and collaborations between academia, industry, government, and the philanthropic community. As MIT’s hub for energy research, education, and outreach, MITEI advances innovations and analyses that address the universal need for reliable, affordable, secure, safe, and clean energy.

As MITEI celebrates 20 years of impact, your support during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge on March 12 will help MITEI accelerate the commercialization of new zero- and low-carbon technologies from MIT labs to the market, while educating the future thinkers and doers who will transform our energy systems and bring clean, plentiful sources of energy to those who so greatly need it.